To ask the Prime Minister if he will list each of the functions relating to the payroll for which his Department is responsible, indicating the management systems purchased, all sub-contractors involved in the work, co-operative arrangements with other Departments and the costs of the systems and processes in the last year for which figures are available. [10734]

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Official Report, 29 July 1997, columns 140–41.