To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assistance the Office of Government Commerce provided to, and what contact it has had with (a) the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, (b) the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel and (c) the Valuation and Lands Agency in relation to the gateway review for the Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal Implementation Project. (203123)

The Office of Government Commerce has not provided any assistance to the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency or the Valuation and Lands Agency. Since 2006, however, the Office of Government Commerce has arranged several OGC Gateway™ reviews for the Department of Finance and Personnel on a number of their projects.