Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 26 January 2006.
No, that is not true. Let me give the hon. Gentleman the facts. The HMRC estate was independently valued prior to the Mapeley contract at £370 million. That money was paid to the Department: £220 million first, then £150 million in facility payments. The National Audit Office looked at the report, published a report on