Robert Buckland corrected a written answer on Attorney General: Procurement

7 March 2017 · Commons written answer · Attorney General

Jon Trickett (Labour, Hemsworth) asked written question 65676 on 27 February 2017. Robert Buckland answered on 6 March 2017 for the Attorney General, and Robert Buckland corrected the answer on 7 March 2017. The correction replaced 12 figures (1,800, 17,884m, 18,968m, 21,696m, 21,904m, 22,358m) with 12 figures (17,884, 18,968, 21,696, 22,358, 252,916, 255,429). Altogether 71 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Attorney General, what the procurement spend of the Law Officers' Departments was in each year since 2010.

Original and corrected answer

Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.

Original	Corrected
The following figures, based on ~~published~~ accounts for 2010 to 2016, show the procurement spend (all expenditure on goods, assets or services, not including expenditure relating to the remuneration of employees, non cash costs such as depreciation and local/national taxes such as rates and excluding any case settlement costs) for the Law Officers’ Departments. \| ~~2010~~ \| ~~2011~~ \| ~~2012~~ \| ~~2013~~ \| ~~2014~~ \| ~~2015~~ \| ~~2016~~ GLD* ~~\| 52,300~~ \| 49,533 \| 52,426 \| 47,070 \| 60,167 \| 70,649 \| 68,804 AGO ~~\| 1,800~~ \| 1,589 \| 1,520 \| 1,457 \| 1,348 \| 1,470 \| 1,354 HMCPSI ~~\| 821~~ \| 893 \| 1,032 \| 417 \| 409 \| 388 \| 419 CPS \| ~~315,581~~ \| ~~274,816~~ \| ~~269,612~~ \| ~~244,121~~ \| ~~284,482~~ \| ~~347,658~~ \| ~~325,560~~ SFO \| ~~21,696m~~ \| ~~18,968m~~ \| ~~17,884m~~ \| ~~31,689m~~ \| ~~26,887m~~ \| ~~22,358m~~ \| ~~21,904m~~ *The Treasury Solicitor’s Department until 31 March 2015.	The following figures, based on accounts for the financial years from April 2010 to April 2016, show the procurement spend (all expenditure on goods, assets or services, not including expenditure relating to the remuneration of employees, non cash costs such as depreciation and local/national taxes such as rates and excluding any case settlement costs) for the Law Officers’ Departments. Figures for the financial year from April 2016- April 2017 are not yet available. Value (£000s) \| 2010-11 \| 2011-12 \| 2012-13 \| 2013-14 \| 2014-15 \| 2015-16 \| GLD* \| 49,533 \| 52,426 \| 47,070 \| 60,167 \| 70,649 \| 68,804 \| AGO \| 1,589 \| 1,520 \| 1,457 \| 1,348 \| 1,470 \| 1,354 \| HMCPSI \| 893 \| 1,032 \| 417 \| 409 \| 388 \| 419 \| CPS \| 307,168 \| 270,597 \| 255,429 \| 252,916 \| 289,727 \| 258,876 \| SFO \| 21,696 \| 18,968 \| 17,884 \| 31,689 \| 26,887 \| 22,358 \| *The Treasury Solicitor’s Department until 31 March 2015.

Original

Corrected

The following figures, based on ~~published~~ accounts for 2010 to 2016, show the procurement spend (all expenditure on goods, assets or services, not including expenditure relating to the remuneration of employees, non cash costs such as depreciation and local/national taxes such as rates and excluding any case settlement costs) for the Law Officers’ Departments.
| ~~2010~~
| ~~2011~~
| ~~2012~~
| ~~2013~~
| ~~2014~~
| ~~2015~~
| ~~2016~~
GLD*
~~| 52,300~~
| 49,533
| 52,426
| 47,070
| 60,167
| 70,649
| 68,804
AGO
~~| 1,800~~
| 1,589
| 1,520
| 1,457
| 1,348
| 1,470
| 1,354
HMCPSI
~~| 821~~
| 893
| 1,032
| 417
| 409
| 388
| 419
CPS
| ~~315,581~~
| ~~274,816~~
| ~~269,612~~
| ~~244,121~~
| ~~284,482~~
| ~~347,658~~
| ~~325,560~~
SFO
| ~~21,696m~~
| ~~18,968m~~
| ~~17,884m~~
| ~~31,689m~~
| ~~26,887m~~
| ~~22,358m~~
| ~~21,904m~~
*The Treasury Solicitor’s Department until 31 March 2015.

The following figures, based on accounts for the financial years from April 2010 to April 2016, show the procurement spend (all expenditure on goods, assets or services, not including expenditure relating to the remuneration of employees, non cash costs such as depreciation and local/national taxes such as rates and excluding any case settlement costs) for the Law Officers’ Departments. Figures for the financial year from April 2016- April 2017 are not yet available.
Value (£000s)
| 2010-11
| 2011-12
| 2012-13
| 2013-14
| 2014-15
| 2015-16
|
GLD*
| 49,533
| 52,426
| 47,070
| 60,167
| 70,649
| 68,804
|
AGO
| 1,589
| 1,520
| 1,457
| 1,348
| 1,470
| 1,354
|
HMCPSI
| 893
| 1,032
| 417
| 409
| 388
| 419
|
CPS
| 307,168
| 270,597
| 255,429
| 252,916
| 289,727
| 258,876
|
SFO
| 21,696
| 18,968
| 17,884
| 31,689
| 26,887
| 22,358
|
*The Treasury Solicitor’s Department until 31 March 2015.

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