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Under the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000, from the 2001-02 session the system by which Parliament approves government expenditure will change from a wholly cash-based system to one in which Parliament votes expenditure in accruals terms (when a liability accrues rather than when cash is spent) as well in cash terms. The Government has taken a staged approach to the implementation of resource accounting and budgeting, and for three years departments have been required to produce resource accounts in addition to cash-based appropriation accounts. The Committee's report finds that progress continues to be made, although many departments still have a long way to go to make full use of resource-based financial management information as part of the daily decision-making process.