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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answer

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's answer of 12 December 2001, Official Report, column 889W, on capital assets, if he will place in the Library information on the accounting treatment of the public private partnership projects relating to (a) the Berlin Embassy, (b) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Telecommunications Network, (c) GCHQ Building, (d) car leasing and (e) IT Registry (Minerva); and if he will make a statement. [24257] Mr. MacShane: The accounting treatment of all public private partnership projects within the Department is in line with relevant generally accepted accounting practice, in particular FRS5 and also with specific HM Treasury guidance. The GCHQ building is not funded by the FCO, all other projects listed are treated as operating leases and are, therefore, not included in the Department's balance sheet.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

377 c580W;377 c583W; 24257

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Accountancy Assets Buildings Finance ICT GCHQ Public private partnerships Telecommunications Foreign and Commonwealth Office Official cars Embassies

Link

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