§ Mr. Tim SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress his Department is making with the introduction of resource accounting and budgeting; and in respect of which financial year he expects to publish the first set of resource accounts. [4982]
§ Mr. HanleyWe are making good progress towards our aim of producing resource accounts for financial year 1998–99. As set out in Cm 2929, the first published resource accounts for this Department and all other Departments will be in respect of 1999–2000.