To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 23 April 2009, Official Report, column 799W, on departmental manpower, whether his Department's practice of not keeping records of time spent by individual civil servants on the flexible benefits project is compatible with (a) Government accounting rules and (b) Government project management guidance. (274907)

There is no requirement under HM Treasury's financial reporting manual to record details of the time spent by individual civil servants on individual pieces of work. The project is being run in accordance with project management methodologies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 23 April 2009, Official Report, column 799W, on departmental manpower, what methodology his Department plans to use to calculate the cost of the flexible benefits project. (274908)

The cost of the flexible benefits project is calculated by reference to the engagement of contractors, the purchase of licences, hardware and software and technology design configurations.