Written question asked by Christopher Chope (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 December 2002. It was answered by Ruth Kelly (Labour) on Monday, 16 December 2002 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what adjustment he has made to the public sector borrowing requirement consequent upon the decision of the Office of National Statistics to classify major trust ports as public sector bodies; pursuant to his Answer of 3rd December, 395 c681W, on trust ports, what adjustments have been made to public sector accounts as a result; pursuant to his Answer of 3rd December, 395 c681W, on trust ports, when classification of major trust ports as public bodies became effective; and whether the classification has retrospective effect. - Inc figures and ref to text of letter from Len Cook of the Office for National Statistics.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 396 c597-8W;396 c613-4W; 87561;87559;87552
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Finance Ports Public sector Public bodies Public sector net cash requirement Trust ports Government controlled companies
Contains statistics: Yes
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