Pre-Budget Report

HC Deb 16 November 1998 vol 319 c364W

Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which Department provided the officials who prepared the initial drafts of the chapter on The Productivity Challenge in the November 1998 Pre-Budget report; and if he will make a statement. [59733]

Ms Hewitt

Chapter 3 of the Pre-Budget Report, like the rest of the document, was drafted by my officials in consultation with other departments where appropriate.