Written question asked by Nigel Evans (Conservative) on Friday, 4 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 March 2005. It was answered by Chris Leslie (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 March 2005 on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

Dept for Constitutional Affairs

Question: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the value of sales of surplus assets from the Department was in each year since 2000-01.

Answer: Mr. Evans: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the value of sales of surplus assets from the Department was in each year since 2000-01. [220970] Mr. Leslie: The proceeds from disposal of surplus assets since 2000-01 are shown as follows. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cash proceeds Accrual proceeds 2000-01 8,206 8,206 2001-02 310 310 2002-03 4,194 4,194 2003-04 3,262 59,877 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In line with the guidance in the Resource Accounting Manual and Government Accounting these figures are disclosed in the departmental Resource Accounts. Copies of the Resource Accounts are available in the Library of the Houses of Parliament. The reason for the large difference between cash and accrual proceeds for 2003-04 is that payments are being made in stages with a further £56.6 million due to be received by the Department by the end of the 2006-07 financial year.

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