§ Mrs. LawrenceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made with plans to establish the Statistics Commission; and if he will make a statement. [117386]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe Statistics Commission will be set up early in the next financial year.
Parliamentary approval of the expenditure will be sought in the 2000–01 Main Estimate for HM Treasury, Class XVI, Vote 1. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £500,000 will be met by a repayable advance from the Contingencies Fund.