§ Matthew TaylorTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 12 December 2001,Official Report, column 889W, on capital assets, on what occasions since 1997 the accounting treatment of a PPP 1229W in the departmental accounts has differed from the accounting treatment in the national accounts; and if he will make a statement. [42499]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Matthew Taylor, dated 14 March 2002:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question on capital assets. (42499)
There have been no differences because, as explained in my earlier reply, national accounts follow the treatment decided by departments on the basis of generally accepted accounting practice.