Written question asked by Keith Simpson (Conservative) on Monday, 31 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 February 2005. It was answered by Lord Boateng (Labour) on Thursday, 3 February 2005 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a list of the tables and related fields of his Department's Public Expenditure Survey database together with diagrams showing the table relationships.

Answer: Mr. Keith Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a list of the tables and related fields of his Department's Public Expenditure Survey database together with diagrams showing the table relationships. [213590] Mr. Boateng: The data collected on the database is used to provide information to Parliament, and the public more widely, on public expenditure plans and outturn. In particular, the Public Expenditure System database is used to produce spending data in a range of publications, copies of which are held in the House of Commons Library. These publications include: Main Estimates Budgets and Spending Reviews Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis (PESA); and Departmental Reports

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