§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when each of the resource accounts for 2000–01 were published; what the(a) greatest, (b) median and (c) least number of days that elapsed was between each of the resource accounts being (i) laid formally upon the Table and (ii) made generally available to the public; what the median number of days that elapsed was between each of the resource accounts for 1999–2000 being (A) laid formally upon the Table and (B) made generally available to the public; and if he will make a statement. [51467]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe dates on which Departments' resource accounts for 1999–2000 and 2000–01 were published and laid are shown in the following table.
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1999–2000 Departments HC No. Cmd No.1 Laid Published Working days between laying and publishing Department of Health 194 — 31 January 2001 22 March 2001 36 Department of National Savings 830 — 2 November 2000 3 November 2000 1 DFEE 182 — 31 January 2001 22 March 2001 36 DfID 116 — 31 January 2001 3 May 2001 66 DfID—Superannuation Pensions 187 — 31 January 2001 3 May 2001 66 DSS 183 — 31 January 2001 16 February 2001 12 DTI—Main 11 — 20 December 2000 1 February 2001 27 ECGD 51 — 20 December 2000 20 December 2000 0 FCO 195 — 31 January 2001 30 March 2001 42 Food Standards Agency4 — — — — — Food Standards Agency Consolidated4 — — — — — Forestry Commission 196 — 31 January 2001 27 April 2001 62 Forestry Commission Pension Scheme 201 — 31 January 2001 22 March 2001 36 GAD 153 — 31 January 2001 31 January 2001 0 HM Treasury — 5062 30 March 2001 11 May 2001 30 Home Office — 5055 30 March 2001 27 April 2001 20 Inland Revenue 129 — 24 January 2001 24 January 2001 0 Intervention Board Executive Agency 833 — 9 November 2000 9 November 2000 0 Lord Chancellor's Department — 5056 30 March 2001 30 April 2001 21 MAFF — 5057 30 March 2001 27 April 2001 20 National Investment and Loans Office 798 — 22 November 2000 22 November 2000 0 NHS Pension Scheme (England and Wales) 188 — 31 January 2001 11 May 2001 72 Northern Ireland Court Service 199 — 31 January 2001 30 March 2001 42 Northern Ireland Office — 5058 30 March 2001 27 April 2001 21 Office for National Statistics 185 — 31 January 2001 2 April 2001 43 Ofgem 24 — 20 December 2000 20 December 2000 0 Ofsted 155 — 25 January 2001 15 February 2001 15 Oft 75 — 31 January 2001 31 January 2001 0 Oftel 151 — 31 January 2001 31 January 2001 0 Ofwat 176 — 31 January 2001 31 January 2001 0 ORR 184 — 31 January 2001 21 March 2001 35 Postal Services Commission4 — — — — — Privy Council Office 197 — 31 January 2001 9 February 2001 7 Public Records Office 134 — 25 January 2001 25 January 2001 0 Scotland Office 186 — 31 January 2001 27 April 2001 62 Security and Intelligence Agencies — 5059 4 April 2001 12 April 2001 6 Serious Fraud Office 198 — 31 January 2001 7 March 2001 25 Teachers Pension Scheme 189 — 31 January 2001 22 March 2001 36 Treasury Solicitors — 5060 30 March 2001 30 April 2001 21 UK Atomic Energy Authority—DTI 10 — 20 December 2000 31 January 2001 27 Wales Office 96 — 24 January 2001 24 January 2001 0 724W725W
2000–01 Departments HC No. Cmd No.1 Laid Published Working days between laying and publishing Armed Forces Pension Scheme—MOD 245 — 21 November 2001 21 November 2001 0 British Trade International 526 — 30 January 2002 13 February 2002 11 Cabinet Office — 5443 28 February 2002 — — Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation 554 — 31 January 2002 18 March 2002 — Central Office for Information 566 — 31 January 2002 31 January 2002 0 Charity Commission 565 — 31 January 2002 27 February 2002 19 Crown Estate 544 — 30 January 2002 30 January 2002 0 Crown Prosecution Service 540 — 31 January 2002 31 January 2002 0 Customs and Excise 530 — 30 January 2002 26 March 2002 39 DCMS 469 — 9 January 2002 9 January 2002 0 Defence—MOD Consolidated 443 — 17 December 2001 18 December 2001 1 Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions 536 — 31 January 2002 4 February 2002 2 Department of Health 567 — 31 January 2002 15 April 2002 52 Department of National Savings 121 — 24 October 2001 24 October 2001 0 DFEE 551 — 31 January 2002 18 February 2002 12 DfID 512 — 30 January 2002 26 February 2002 19 DfID—Superannuation Pensions 514 — 30 January 2002 26 February 2002 19 DSS 491 — 31 January 2002 31 January 2002 0 DTI—Main 503 — 23 January 2002 23 January 2002 0 ECGD 441 — 10 January 2002 10 January 2002 0 FCO 553 — 31 January 2002 7 March 2002 24 Food Standards Agency4 513 — 31 January 2002 7 February 2002 6 Food Standards Agency Consolidated4 594 — 5 February 2002 55 February 2002 0 Forestry Commission 527 — 31 January 2002 — —
2000–01 Departments HC No. Cmd No.1 Laid Published2 Workign days between laying and publishing Forestry Commission Pension Scheme 535 — 31 January 2002 — — GAD 284 — 31 October 2001 31 October 2001 0 HM Treasury 573 — 31 January 2002 14 March 2002 30 Home Office — 5444 28 February 2002 — — Inland Revenue 425 — 12 December 2001 12 December 2001 0 Intervention Board Executive Agency 123 — 31 October 2001 31 October 2001 0 Lord Chancellor's Department 568 — 31 January 2002 — — MAFF — 5447 28 February 2002 — — National Investment and Loans Office 321 — 31 October 2001 31 October 2001 0 NHS Pension Scheme (England and Wales) 569 — 31 January 2002 1 March 2002 21 Northern Ireland Court Service 570 — 31 January 2002 3 April 2002 44 Northern Ireland Office — 5445 28 February 2002 11 April 2002 30 Office for National Statistics 122 — 31 January 2002 — — Ofgem 170 — 19 July 2001 19 July 2001 0 Ofsted 403 — 5 December 2001 5 December 2001 0 Oft 538 — 30 January 2002 30 January 2002 0 Oftel 416 — 12 December 2001 12 December 2001 0 Ofwat 313 — 21 November 2001 21 November 2001 0 ORR 490 — 30 January 2002 14 February 2002 11 Postal Services Commission4 495 — 30 January 2002 30 January 2002 0 Privy Council Office 571 — 31 January 2002 11 February 2002 7 Public Records Office 362 — 21 November 2001 21 November 2001 0 Scotland Office 531 — 31 January 2002 6 February 2002 4 Security and Intelligence Agencies — 5446 28 February 2002 14 March 2002 10 Serious Fraud Office 572 — 30 January 2002 18 March 2002 33 Teachers Pension Scheme 552 — 31 January 2002 8 February 2002 6 Treasury Solicitors 574 — 31 January 2002 24 April 2002 59 UK Atomic Energy Authority—DTI 504 — 23 January 2002 23 January 2002 0 Wales Office 288 — 28 November 2001 28 November 2001 0 1 With the agreement of the NAO, these accounts were presented to Parliament on a non-statutory basis as Command papers with a target date of 30 March 2001 for the 1999–2000 accounts 24 April 2002 for the 2000–01 accounts. 2 Where no date is shown the accounts were not published by 24 April 2002. 3 This non-statutory resource account was published the day before it was presented to Parliament. 4 These organisations did not prepare resource accounts in 1999–2000. 5 Formal resource accounts were not separately published but included in the Food Standards Agency's annual report and accounts (HC 488). The publication date of HC 488 os given in the table. As at 24 April 2002, and excluding those Departments which had not published their resource accounts by that date, the greatest, median and least number of working days elapsing between resource accounts for 2000–01 being laid formally upon the Table and made generally available to the public are:
- Greatest: 59
- Median: 1
- Least: 0.
There are eight accounts still to be published and the Treasury is following up late publication with the Departments concerned.
The median number of working days elapsing between resource accounts for 1999–2000 being laid formally upon the Table and made generally available to the public was 21.