§ Mr. BaconTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister who the Finance Director of(a) his Office and (b) Ordnance Survey is; what accountancy qualifications each Director holds; and on how many occasions there has been a qualified opinion on (i) the resource accounts and (ii) other accounts of each in the last five years. [183430]
§ Phil HopeAndrew Lean is the Finance Director for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. He is currently studying for an Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Diploma in Financial Management. The Office's first resource accounts for 2002–03 were not qualified.
Alastair Matthews has been the Finance Director of Ordnance Survey since July 2003. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. The Ordnance Survey's Annual Accounts have been qualified on the same basis in each of the five years up to and including 31 March 2004. The qualification relates to a difference of opinion between the National Audit Office and Ordnance Survey as to whether the National Geographic Database should be capitalised on Ordnance Survey's Balance Sheet.