§ Matthew TaylorTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Office for National Statistics will publish its joint letter with the National Audit Office concerning the accounting treatment of Network Rail; and if he will make a statement. [74769]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from L. Cook to Mr. M. Taylor, dated 28 October 2002.)
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question on when the Office for National Statistics will publish its joint letter with the National Audit Office concerning the accounting treatment of Network rail. (74769)The Office for National Statistics made its joint statement with the National Audit Office concerning the accounting treatment of Network Rail on Thursday the 24 October. I am enclosing a copy of this statement. and shall also be placing a copy in the House of Commons Library. The statement is also available on the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ pdfdir/networkl002.pdf and on the National Audit Office website at: http://www.nao.gov.uk/pn/01–02/nao—ons.htm.