§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will list the individuals who have developed the new System of National Accounts, their nationality, and their professional formation.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Employment (Lord Henley)The information is shown on pages xxxv and xxxvi of the 1993 edition of the System of National Accounts, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.
§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have been collaborating in the development of the System of National Accounts, recently endorsed by the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the European Union, and if so, whether they will ensure that before the System is adopted, it will be amended so that cooking, cleaning and childminding are included as tradeable services.
§ Lord HenleyOfficials of the Central Statistical Office (CSO) and the Bank of England were among the large number of experts who worked on the revision of the System of National Accounts (SNA). Domestic and personal services produced for own final consumption within households will continue to be outside the system. The reasons for this are explained in paragraphs 6.19 to 6.22 of the new SNA, which is available in the Library of the House.
§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
How state benefits to the unemployed will figure in the new System of National Accounts.
§ Lord HenleyIn the new System of National Accounts, benefits to the unemployed are classified as social benefits other than social transfers in kind and are shown in the secondary distribution of income account.