Administration and expenditure of the Chancellor's departments, 2008-09 - Treasury Contents


Examination of Witnesses (Questions 560 - 562)

TUESDAY 8 DECEMBER 2009

RT HON STEPHEN TIMMS MP AND SARAH MCCARTHY-FRY MP

  Q560  John Thurso: Presumably that means you will be showing the acquisition costs in the balance sheet rather than consolidating it so you have a cost. Will you mark that to market and show it?

  Sarah McCarthy Fry: Yes, it will be marked to market.

  Q561  John Thurso: So how will you account for the loss?

  Sarah McCarthy Fry: That is a very good question.

  Q562  John Thurso: Will you run that through the P&L or other resource account as a resource expended?

  Sarah McCarthy Fry: I will have to go back to the technical experts and ask them about that one.[14]

  Chairman: That is fair enough. You have offered us a number of notes this morning. We will need those by Christmas, please, because we have to report on all of this in the new year. In the meantime, thank you very much for your attendance today.





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