§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current estimated160W value of assets relating to (a) Wilton Park Executive Agency and (b) the British Council (i) in Scotland, (ii) in the United Kingdom, (iii) overseas and (iv) in total. [99784]
§ Mr. Battle[holding answer 26 November 1999]: The value of assets relating to the Wilton Park Executive Agency is £1,270,000. The current estimated values of the British Council's assets are £652,000 in Scotland, £8,170,000 in the rest of the United Kingdom (not including the figure for Scotland) and £83,633,000 overseas. The total value of the British Council's assets is £92,455,000.
§ Mr. WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his estimate is of the value of(a) vehicles, (b) equipment, (c) IT, (d) corporate systems, (e) departmental systems, (f) overseas systems, (g) communications, (h) technical security equipment and (i) heritable assets in (i) Scotland, (ii1) the United Kingdom, (iii) overseas and (iv) in total. [99786]
§ Mr. Hain[holding answer 26 November 1999]: The FCO has no fixed assets in Scotland. Value information for the FCO's fixed assets is being developed as part of the implementation of resource accounting. This information is currently being audited. The first set of resource accounts will be published in respect of 1999–2000.