To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 29 September 2008, Official Report, column 2307W, on the Valuation Office: Geographical Information Systems, whether the Agency or HM Revenue and Customs plans to publish an invitation to tender document for any of the project for the new system. (232962)

No. Four companies were invited to tender. The invitations to tender documents have not been published beyond the four companies, due to commercial sensitivities.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 September 2008, Official Report, column 2307W, on the Valuation Office: Geographical Information Systems, what the timetable is for finalising the specification of the geographic information system. (232965)

The specification for the Valuation Office Agency's GIS will be finalised by December 2009.