Written question asked by Tim J Smith (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 November 1996. It was answered by Derek Spencer (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 November 1996 on behalf of the Attorney General.

Attorney General

Question: What progress his Department is making with the introduction of resource accounting and budgeting; and in respect of which financial year he expects to publish the first set of resource accounts.

Answer: Mr. Tim Smith: To ask the Attorney-General what progress his Department is making with the introduction of resource accounting and budgeting; and in respect of which financial year he expects to publish the first set of resource accounts. [4987] The Solicitor-General: All the Departments and agencies for which the Law Officers are responsible will be introducing resource accounting systems during 1997, apart from the Serious Fraud Office which has already done so. The Law Officers' Departments and agencies, in common with other Departments, are preparing to implement resource budgeting in time to form the basis for the 2000 survey. As set out in Cm 2929, their first published resource accounts will be in respect of 1999-2000.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 4987; 285 c632W;285 c634W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Accountancy Executive agencies Attorney General Budgeting Government departments Public expenditure