To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment she has made of the reason for the cost of (a) the finance function and (b) the human resources function of the Central Office of Information referred to in the publication Benchmarking the Back Office: Central Government; and if she will make a statement. (312679)

I have asked the chief executive of the Central Office of Information (COI) to write to the hon. Member.

A copy of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.