Written question asked by David Laws (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 2 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 July 2007. It was answered by Andy Burnham (Labour) on Thursday, 5 July 2007 on behalf of the Treasury.

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Al-Yamamah Project

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2007, Official Report, column 362W, on the Al-Yamamah project, how many different bank accounts were examined as part of budgeting and accounting activities undertaken by his Department in relation to the management fee received by the Ministry of Defence from the Saudi Arabian government as part of the Al-Yamamah programme; and how many staff from his Department were involved in those activities.