§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many invoices owed by Government Departments to his Department have been lost in each of the last five years; and what has been the annual sum of money involved. [17523]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightThe Treasury keeps records only of duplicate invoices that have been raised. Duplicates are raised where invoices have been mislaid, lost, are unreadable or have in some way been mutilated; it does not subdivide its records into these categories. The following breakdown shows the number of duplicate invoices raised in the years in question:
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Duplicates raised 1 9 40 9 1Nil Value for year £335 £8,820 £39,143 £20,017 £0 1To date.