To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 27th March 2007, Official Report, columns 1441-2W, on Departments: public expenditure, for which losses his Department was granted Treasury approval in each of the last five years for which figures are available. (136769)

I have been asked to reply.

All losses incurred by the Home Office during the last five years have been managed by the Department within the scope of authorities delegated by the Treasury, the thresholds for which were set out in the reply provided to the hon. Member on 27 March 2007.

The overall level of losses incurred by the Home Office in any one year is reported in its resource accounts.