HC Deb 27 February 2002 vol 380 cc1380-1W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total cost to his Department was for accountancy services in each of the last four years. [34158]

Angela Eagle

The information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

The available information relates to the cost of accountancy services from external providers in support of the following particular projects.

1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Introduction of Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) in the core Home Office 0 0 75,177 269,701
Prison Service RAB Training and Development 0 0 67,920 1,165
Accounting advice on treatment of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts 32,205 10,711 0 0
Assistance with the Prison Service Quantum project 0 53,000 0 0
Forensic Science Service Audit Fees 55,000 55,000 55,000 58,000
Total 87,205 118,711 198,097 328,867