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assured the Committee, as he had done before, that he would maintain such registers. 

However, in the year under review, the Accounting Officer had listed 63 entities, comprising statutory bodies and other state-owned enterprises, together with their values and Government equities in them, which were culled from sources other than the registers of the Ministry. 

I trust that the Ministry would make concerted efforts to maintain proper records for these assets, as promised. 

## 30. Statement of Arrears of Revenue – (Statement No. 19) 

The outstanding arrears of revenue submitted by the various Ministries to the Accountant General for incorporation into the Annual Statements of Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018 showed that the balance on 1 April 2017 was P424 859 929. Out of that amount only P4 155 968 (representing 0.978%) was collected during the year of account, while P172 969 was abandoned, leaving a balance of P425 527 931 including current year arrears of P3 996 939. 

A review of these figures has indicated that a total of P407 801 518 represent dormant balances which have been outstanding for long periods of time and should have been adjusted appropriately to reflect the correct balances of these debts. It is also of some concern that administrative debts such as those for private calls made from official telephones featured predominantly in this Statement under almost all Ministries. The balances which I consider should have been cleared from this statement through appropriate action are shown in the table below, representing 96% of the year-end balance. 

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Some of the more significant debts are commented on under the Ministerial Section of this report. 

