27. Committee
of Public Accounts
The Committee was nominated on 25 July 1997.
It had 15 Members until 27 October and 16 Members
thereafter. It held 55 meetings.
|
| Members | Meetings attended |
|
|
Davis, Mr David (Chairman) | 52 |
|
Campbell, Mr Alan | 34 |
|
Clifton-Brown, Mr Geoffrey | 40 |
|
Davidson, Mr Ian | 20 |
|
Davies, Mr Geraint | 23 |
|
Eagle, Ms Maria | 46 |
|
Griffiths, Ms Jane | 35 |
|
Hope, Mr Phil (discharged, 5.11.98) | 37 |
|
Leslie, Mr Christopher (discharged, 5.11.98) | 45 |
|
Love, Mr Andrew | 44 |
|
Maclennan, Mr Robert | 13 |
|
Page, Mr Richard | 35 |
|
*Primarolo, Mrs Dawn (added, 30.10.97) | 1 |
|
Steinberg, Mr Gerry (added, 5.11.98) | 2 |
|
Twigg, Mr Stephen (added, 5.11.98) (discharged, 17.11.98) | 0 |
|
Twigg, Mr Derek (added, 17.11.98) | 1 |
|
Wardle, Mr Charles | 33 |
|
Wigley, Mr Dafydd (discharged, 16.12.97) | 1 |
|
Williams, Mr Alan | 43 |
|
The symbol * against a Member's name indicates that
she held a Ministerial Post while being a member of the Committee.
By convention the Minister does not regularly attend meetings.
Overall attendance: 55.3 %
Number of Members added: 4
Number of Members discharged: 4
Turnover of membership during the Session: 25%
Staff
Committee Clerk: Mr K J Brown
Other Committee staff: Miss J Appleton, Committee
Assistant (Grade 12) (until 1 October 1997); Miss S T C Monaghan,
Secretary (Grade 13) (until 23 October 1997); and then Committee
Assistant (Grade 12) (from 24 October 1997); and Miss Ronnie Jefferson,
Secretary (Grade 13) (from 12 January 1998); and Mr M Cruickshank
(Senior Office Clerk) (20% shared with the Treasury Committee)
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the
following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives
of:-
Department for Culture, Media and Sport 1
Crown Prosecution Service 1
HM Customs & Excise 3
Department of Economic Development (NI) 1
Department for Education & Employment: 3
Department of the Environment (NI) 2
Department of the Environment, Transport and the
Regions 7
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 4
Department of Health (NHS Executive) 9
Home Office 2
Inland Revenue 6
Department for International Development 1
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1
Ministry of Defence 4
Office of Public Service (Cabinet Office) 3
The Scottish Office Development Department 2
The Scottish Office Education and Industry Department 2
The Scottish Office (NHS) 5
Department of Social Security 2
Department of Trade and Industry 6
HM Treasury 6
executive agencies: 24
comprising:-Benefits Agency (an agency of Department
of Social Security) 3
Child Support Agency 3
Contributions Agency 3
Employment Service 1
Forensic Science Service (an agency of the Home Office) 1
Highways Agency (an agency of the Department of Environment,
Transport and the Regions) 2
Industrial Research and Technology Unit (NI) 1
Intervention Board 3
HM Prison Service (an agency of the Home Office) 5
Social Security Agency (NI) 2
non-departmental public bodies: 30
comprising:- Charity Commission for England and Wales 2
English Sports Council 1
The Further Education Funding Council 2
Higher Education Funding Council 1
Highlands and Islands Enterprise 2
Maritime and Coastguard Agency 2
Metropolitan Police Service 1
National Audit Office 3
Natural Environment Research Council 3
Northern Ireland Audit Office 2
Office of Passenger Rail Franchising 3
Office of Telecommunications 1
Office of Water Services 3
Property Advisers to the Civil Estate 3
Remploy Limited 1
Appearances by other witnesses: 17
Overseas Visits
None
Visits to European Institutions in Brussels and
Strasbourg
None
UK Visits
Date
|
Destination
|
Members
|
Staff
|
Purpose
|
Cost
|
4.11.97 |
National Audit Office
|
7
|
2
|
Presentation by C&AG
|
£95.00
|
3-4.2.98
|
Northern Ireland
|
9
|
3*
|
Oral Evidence Session
|
£5,671.94
|
*Includes 1 shorthand writer.
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title |
HC No.
(1997-98)
|
Date of
publication
|
No. of
pages
|
Sale price
|
Government
reply
|
First Report: NHS Supplies in England
|
349
|
11.12.97
|
44
|
£8.00
|
Cm 3380, 26.2.98
|
Second Report: Health and Safety in NHS Acute Hospital Trusts in England
|
350
|
13.12.97
|
42
|
£8.80
|
Cm 3380, 26.2.98
|
Third Report: South and West Regional Health Authority: Disposal of SWift
|
368
|
18.12.97
|
37
|
£8.00
|
Cm 3380, 26.2.98
|
Fourth Report: Ministry of Defence: Management of Utilities
|
359
|
19.12.97
|
40
|
£8.80
|
Cm 3380, 26.2.98
|
Fifth Report: Coronary Heart Disease in Northern Ireland
|
381
|
14.1.98
|
22
|
£5.80
|
Cm 3893, 25.3.98
|
Sixth Report: Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland) Control of Belfast Action Teams' Expenditure
|
382
|
15.1.98
|
26
|
£6.50
|
Cm 3893, 25.3.98
|
Seventh Report: Resignation of the Chief Executive of English Heritage
|
392
|
18.1.98
|
42
|
£8.80
|
Cm 3894, 26.3.98
|
Eighth Report: Governance and the Management of Overseas Courses at Swansea Institute of Higher Education
|
393
|
18.1.98
|
31
|
£7.00
|
Cm 3894, 26.3.98
|
Ninth Report: Property Services in the English Occupied Royal Palaces: Responsibilities for Royal Household Remuneration and the Provision of Accommodation
|
394
|
17.12.97
|
63
|
£10.60
|
Cm 3936, 30.4.98
|
Tenth Report: Her Majesty's Stationery Office Trade with Uzbekistan and 1995 Operating Accounts
|
405
|
21.1.98
|
29
|
£9.70
|
Cm 3894, 26.3.98
|
Eleventh Report: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Tackling Common Agricultural Policy Irregularities
|
406
|
22.1.98
|
19
|
£5.80
|
Cm 3894, 26.3.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Tackling Common Agricultural Policy Irregularities
|
451-i
|
19.3.98
|
7
|
£3.40
|
Not applicable |
Twelfth Report: Overseas Development Administration: Irregularities in Pension Payments in Amman, Jordan
|
407
|
23.1.98
|
26
|
£6.50
|
Cm 3894, 26.3.98
|
Thirteenth Report: Criminal Legal Aid Means Testing in the Magistrates' Courts
|
416
|
06.2.98
|
36
|
£8.00
|
Cm 3936, 30.4.98
|
Fourteenth Report: HM Customs and Excise: The Seizure of Drug Traffickers' Assets
|
417
|
29.1.98
|
28
|
£7.00
|
Cm 3936, 30.4.98
|
Fifteenth Report: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Sale of Facilities Services Division
|
418
|
30.1.98
|
36
|
£8.00
|
Cm 3936, 30.4.98
|
Sixteenth Report: Her Majesty's Customs and Excise: Appropriation Account Matters 1995-96
|
424
|
4.2.98
|
29
|
£7.00
|
Cm 3936, 30.4.98
|
Seventeenth Report: Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust: Progress in Regenerating Housing Estates
|
425
|
8.2.98
|
25
|
£6.50
|
Cm 3936, 30.4.98
|
Eighteenth Report: The Department of Trade and Industry Redundancy Payments Service: The Management and Recovery of Debt
|
426
|
11.2.98
|
29
|
£7.00
|
Cm 3936, 30.4.98
|
Nineteenth Report: Overseas Development Administration: Aid to Indonesia
|
436
|
12.2.98
|
49
|
£9.70
|
Cm 3936, 30.4.98
|
Twentieth Report: Motability
|
444
|
15.2.98
|
55
|
£9.70
|
Cm 3936, 30.4.98
|
Twenty-First Report: Child Support Agency: Client Funds Account 1996-97
|
313
|
11.3.98
|
37
|
£8.00
|
Cm 3955, 21.5.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Child Support Agency
|
313-i
|
5.11.97
|
20
|
£5.50
|
Not applicable |
Twenty-Second Report: Excess Votes 1996-97: (Northern Ireland) Department of Education (Vote 2) Teachers' Superannuation
|
592
|
12.3.98
|
5
|
£2.60
|
Not applicable |
Twenty-Third Report: Excess Votes 1996-97: Ministry of Defence (Class I: Votes 1, 2 and 3)
|
593
|
12.3.98
|
6
|
£2.25
|
Not applicable |
Twenty-Fourth Report: The Department for Education and Employment: Remploy Limited
|
339
|
18.3.98
|
66
|
£10.60
|
Cm 3955, 21.5.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Department for Education and Employment: Remploy Limited
|
339-i
|
12.11.97
|
49
|
£9.70
|
Not applicable |
Twenty-Fifth Report: Highlands and Islands Enterprise: Value for Money Review of Performance Measurement
|
325
|
25.3.98
|
38
|
£8.00
|
Cm 3955, 21.5.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Highlands and Islands Enterprise: Value for Money Review of Performance Measurement
|
325-i
|
10.11.97
|
24
|
£6.20
|
Not applicable |
Twenty-Sixth Report: Property Advisers to the Civil Estate: Vacant Office Property
|
395
|
1.4.98
|
22
|
£5.80
|
Cm 3973, 11.6.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Vacant Office Property
|
395-i
|
1.12.97
|
11
|
£4.00
|
Not applicable |
Twenty-Seventh Report: Measures to Combat Housing Benefit Fraud
|
366
|
26.3.98
|
48
|
£9.70
|
Cm 3955, 21.5.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Measures to Combat Housing Benefit Fraud
|
366-i
|
24.11.97
|
28
|
£7.00
|
Not applicable |
Twenty-Eighth Report: The Charity Commission: Regulation and Support of Charities
|
408
|
2.4.98
|
40
|
£8.80
|
Cm 3973, 11.6.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Regulation and Support of Charities
|
408-i
|
3.12.97
|
21
|
£5.50
|
Not applicable |
Twenty-Ninth Report: HM Customs and Excise: Checking Large-Traders' VAT Liability
|
445
|
5.4.98
|
32
|
£8.00
|
Cm 3973, 11.6.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Checking Large Traders' VAT Liability
|
445-i
|
17.12.97
|
19
|
£5.50
|
Not applicable |
Thirtieth Report: The Prison Service: Prison Catering
|
419
|
8.4.98
|
29
|
£7.00
|
Cm 3973, 11.6.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Prison Catering
|
419-i
|
8.12.97
|
15
|
£4.75
|
Not applicable |
Thirty-First Report: Inland Revenue: Employer Compliance Reviews
|
357
|
3.5.98
|
40
|
£8.80
|
Cm 4004, 23.7.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Inland Revenue: Employer Compliance Reviews
|
357-i
|
19.11.97
|
23
|
£5.50
|
Not applicable |
Thirty-Second Report: Cataract Surgery in Scotland Out
|
546
|
7.5.98
|
30
|
£7.00
|
Cm 4004, 23.7.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Cataract Surgery in Scotland Out
|
546-i
|
9.2.98
|
17
|
£4.75
|
Not applicable |
Thirty-Third Report: Crown Prosecution Service
|
526
|
10.5.98
|
56
|
9.70
|
Cm 4004, 23.7.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Crown Prosecution Service
|
526-i
|
2.2.98
|
40
|
£8.80
|
Not applicable |
Thirty-Fourth Report: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Irregular Payments at the British Embassy in Amman, Jordan
|
553
|
13.5.98
|
40
|
8.80
|
Cm 4004, 23.7.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Irregular Payments at the British Embassy in Amman, Jordan
|
553-i
|
11.2.98
|
26
|
£6.20
|
Not applicable |
Thirty-Fifth Report: The Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors for 1996
|
729
|
17.5.98
|
17
|
£4.30
|
Cm 4004, 23.7.98
|
Thirty-Sixth Report: The Water Industry in England and Wales: Regulating the Quality of Services to Customers
|
483
|
20.5.98
|
45
|
£8.80
|
Cm 4004, 23.7.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Regulating and Monitoring the Quality of Service Provided to Customers by the Water Industry in England and Wales
|
483-i
|
19.1.98
|
24
|
£6.20
|
Not applicable |
Thirty-Seventh Report: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Contingent Liabilities in the Dependent Territories
|
435
|
21.5.98
|
50
|
£9.70
|
Cm 4004, 23.7.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Contingent Liabilities in the Dependent Territories
|
435-i
|
15.12.97
|
28
|
£7.00
|
Not applicable |
Thirty-Eighth Report: Northern Ireland: The Industrial Research and Technology Unit
|
429
|
24.5.98
|
26
|
£6.50
|
Cm 4015, 24.7.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Industrial Research and Technology Unit
|
429-i
|
10.12.97
|
12
|
£4.00
|
Not applicable |
Thirty-Ninth Report: Protecting Environmentally Sensitive Areas
|
513
|
3.6.98
|
37
|
£8.00
|
Cm 4021, 30.7.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Protecting Environmentally Sensitive Areas
|
513-i
|
26.1.98
|
22
|
£5.50
|
Not applicable |
Fortieth Report: The Management of Building Projects at English Higher Education Institutions
|
558
|
4.6.98
|
33
|
£8.00
|
Cm 4021, 30.7.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Management of Building Projects at English Higher Education Institutions
|
558-i
|
16.2.98
|
16
|
£4.75
|
Not applicable |
Forty-First Report: The Construction of the Southampton Oceanography Centre
|
608
|
17.6.98
|
32
|
£8.00
|
Cm 4055, 8.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Construction of the Southampton Oceanography Centre
|
608-i
|
4.3.98
|
16
|
£4.75
|
Not applicable |
Forty-Second Report: The Skye Bridge
|
348
|
21.6.98
|
47
|
£9.70
|
Cm 4041, 17.9.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Skye Bridge
|
348-i
|
17.11.97
|
26
|
£6.20
|
Not applicable |
Forty-Third Report: The Privatisation of Belfast International Airport
|
427
|
24.6.98
|
39
|
£8.80
|
Cm 4060, 12.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Privatisation of Belfast International Airport
|
427-i
|
10.12.97
|
23
|
£6.20
|
Not applicable |
Forty-Fourth Report: Northern Ireland Social Security Agency: The Administration of Disability Living Allowance
|
527
|
25.06.98
|
38
|
£8.00
|
Cm 4060, 12.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Administration of Disability Living Allowance by the Social Security Agency (NI)
|
527-i
|
4.2.98
|
20
|
£5.50
|
Not applicable |
Forty-Fifth Report: Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions: The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme
|
613
|
27.6.98
|
41
|
£8.80
|
Cm 4055, 8.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme
|
613-i
|
9.3.98
|
25
|
£6.20
|
Not applicable |
Forty-Sixth Report: The Contract to Develop and Update the Replacement National Insurance Recording System
|
472
|
1.7.98
|
45
|
£8.80
|
Cm 4041, 17.9.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Contract to Develop and Update the Replacement National Insurance Recording System
|
472-i
|
14.1.98
|
26
|
£6.20
|
Not applicable |
Forty-Seventh Report: The Private Finance Initiative: The First Four Design, Build, Finance and Operate Roads Contracts
|
580
|
2.7.98
|
38
|
£7.70
|
Cm 4041, 17.9.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Private Finance Initiative: The First Four Design, Build, Finance and Operate Road Contracts
|
580-i
|
23.2.98
|
18
|
£4.75
|
Not applicable |
Forty-Eighth Report: Ministry of Defence: Sale of the Married Quarters Estate
|
518
|
8.7.98
|
73
|
£11.50
|
Cm 4055, 8.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Sale of the MOD Married Quarters Estate
|
518-i
|
28.1.98
|
52
|
£9.70
|
Not applicable |
Forty-Ninth Report: The Sale of the Stationery Office
|
599
|
9.7.98
|
47
|
£9.70
|
Cm 4055, 8.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Sale of the Stationery Office
|
599-i
|
2.3.98
|
27
|
£7.00
|
Not applicable |
Fiftieth Report: The Management of Sickness Absence in the Metropolitan Police Service
|
594
|
15.7.98
|
64
|
£9.70
|
Cm 4055, 8.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Management of Sickness Absence in the Metropolitan Police Service
|
594-i
|
25.2.98
|
48
|
£9.70
|
Not applicable |
Fifty-First Report: Ministry of Defence: Appropriation Accounts 1996-97
|
671
|
16.7.98
|
44
|
£8.80
|
Cm 4055, 8.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Ministry of Defence: Appropriation Accounts 1996-97
|
671-i
|
30.3.98
|
29
|
£7.00
|
Not applicable |
Fifty-Second Report: Intervention Board Executive Agency: Qualification of Appropriation Accounts 1996-97
|
676
|
18.7.98
|
44
|
£8.80
|
Cm 4055, 8.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Intervention Board — Executive Agency: Appropriation Accounts 1996-97
|
676-i
|
1.4.98
|
30
|
£7.00
|
Not applicable |
Fifty-Third Report: Appropriation Accounts 1996-97 Class V, Vote 7: Passenger Rail Services
|
625
|
22.7.98
|
64
|
£10.60
|
Cm 4055, 8.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF) Reliability and Verification of Information on Passenger Train Services
|
625-i
|
11.3.98
|
49
|
£9.70
|
Not applicable |
Fifty-Fourth Report: Appropriation Accounts 1996-97 Class XVI, Vote 3: HM Customs and Excise
|
717
|
23.7.98
|
30
|
£7.00
|
Cm 4055, 8.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: HM Customs & Excise Appropriation Accounts 1996-97
|
717-i
|
29.4.98
|
17
|
£4.95
|
Not applicable |
Fifty-Fifth Report: Inland Revenue: The Monitoring and Control of Tax Exemptions for Charities
|
728
|
24.7.98
|
30
|
£7.00
|
Cm 4055, 8.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Monitoring and Control of Tax Exemptions for Charities
|
728-i
|
6.5.98
|
15
|
£4.75
|
Not applicable |
Fifty-Sixth Report: Appropriation Accounts 1996-97 Class IX: Department for Education and Employment (Overpayments to Training and Enterprise Councils)
|
704
|
25.7.98
|
39
|
£8.80
|
Cm 4055, 8.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Overpayments to the Training and Enterprise Councils
|
704-i
|
27.4.98
|
23
|
£6.20
|
Not applicable |
Fifty-Seventh Report: The PFI Contracts for Bridgend and Fazakerley Prisons
|
499
|
29.7.98
|
50
|
£9.70
|
Cm 4041,17.9.98 |
Minutes of Evidence: The PFI Contracts for Bridgend and Fazakerley Prisons
|
499-i
|
21.1.98
|
24
|
£6.20
|
Not applicable |
Fifty-Eighth Report: Appropriation Accounts 1996-97 Class XII, Vote I: (Administered Social Security Benefits and Other Payments)
|
570
|
30.7.98
|
41
|
£8.80
|
Cm 4069, 15.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Appropriation Accounts 1996-97 Volume 12: Class XII — Department of Social Security: Account Matters (HC 251-xii) Benefits Agency
|
570-i
|
18.2.98
|
22
|
£5.50
|
Not applicable |
Fifty-Ninth Report: HM Coastguard: Civil Maritime Search and Rescue
|
741
|
31.7.98
|
45
|
£8.80
|
Cm 4069, 15.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: HM Coastguard: Civil Maritime Search and Rescue
|
741-i
|
13.5.98
|
32
|
8.00
|
Not applicable |
Sixtieth Report: The Sale of AEA Technology
|
749
|
5.8.98
|
38
|
£8.00
|
Cm 4069, 15.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Sale of AEA Technology
|
749-i
|
18.5.98
|
20
|
£5.50
|
Not applicable |
Sixty-First Report: Getting Value for Money in Privatisations
|
992
|
3.9.98
|
32
|
£8.00
|
Cm 4075, 4.11.98
|
Sixty-Second Report: The Purchase of the Read Codes and the Management of the NHS Centre for Coding and Classification
|
657
|
6.8.98
|
45
|
£8.80
|
Cm 4069, 15.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Purchase of the Read Codes and the Management of the NHS Centre for Coding and Classification
|
657-i
|
23.3.97
|
26
|
£7.00
|
Not applicable |
Sixty-Third Report: The Management of Growth in the English Further Education Sector
|
665
|
7.8.98
|
40
|
£8.80
|
Cm 4069, 15.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Management of Growth in the English Further Education Sector
|
665-i
|
25.3.98
|
21
|
£5.50
|
Not applicable |
Sixty-Fourth Report: Countering Anti-Competitive Behaviour in the Telecommunications Industry
|
842
|
12.8.98
|
32
|
£7.00
|
Cm 4069, 15.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: OFTEL: Regulation of Anti-Competitive Behaviour
|
842-i
|
22.6.98
|
17
|
£4.75
|
Not applicable |
Sixty-Fifth Report: Privatisation of the Rolling Stock Leasing Companies
|
782
|
9.8.98
|
85
|
£12.50
|
Cm 4069, 15.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Privatisation of the Rolling Stock Leasing Companies
|
782-i
|
3.6.98
|
61
|
£10.60
|
Not applicable |
Sixty-Sixth Report: Managing the Millennium Threat
|
816
|
19.8.98
|
36
|
£8.00
|
Cm 4069, 15.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Managing the Millennium Threat II
|
816-i
|
15.6.98
|
20
|
£4.75
|
Not applicable |
Sixty-Seventh Report: HM Treasury: Resource Accounting and Resource-Based Supply
|
731
|
13.8.98
|
130
|
£15.90
|
Cm 4069, 15.10.98
|
Minutes of Evidence: Resource Accounting and Budgeting
|
731-i
|
11.5.98
|
117
|
£14.70
|
Not applicable |
Sixty-Eighth Report: Distribution of Lottery Funds by the English Sports Council
|
873
|
2.12.98
|
44
|
£8.80
|
Awaiting Reply |
Minutes of Evidence: Distribution of Lottery Funds by the English Sports Council
|
873-i
|
5.10.98
|
24
|
£6.20
|
Not applicable |
Sixty-Ninth Report: Performance and Cost of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme in England
|
757
|
6.12.98
|
69
|
£10.60
|
Awaiting Reply |
Minutes of Evidence: Performance and Cost of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme in England
|
757-i
|
7.8.98
|
31
|
£8.00
|
Not Applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: NAO Estimates 1998-99
|
383-i
|
10.3.98
|
16
|
£4.65
|
Not Applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: NIAO Estimates 1998-99
|
384-i
|
18.3.98
|
12
|
£4.00
|
Not Applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Treasury Controls
|
730-i
|
17.8.98
|
28
|
£7.00
|
Not Applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Sale of AEA Technology
|
749-i
|
17.8.98
|
20
|
£5.50
|
Not Applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Major Projects Report 1997
|
795-i
|
6.8.98
|
19
|
£5.50
|
Not Applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: NHS Summarised Accounts for Scotland 1996-97
|
830-i
|
17.8.98
|
15
|
£4.75
|
Not Applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Obtaining Benefit for Electricity Customers from the Flotation of the National Grid
|
902-i
|
17.8.98
|
7
|
£3.40
|
Not Applicable |
Divisions
None
Debates
The following Reports were referred to on the Order Paper as being
relevant to a debate in the House:
First to Twenty-fifth Reports of the Committee of Public Accounts
of Session 1996-97 and the relevant Treasury Minutes (Cm 3559,
3577 and 3714), with particular reference to the following Reports:
Second Report, 1996-97, Progress in Completing the New British
Library;
Fifth Report, 1996-97, Highways Agency: The Bridge Programme;
Eighth Report, 1996-97, Information Technology Services Agency:
Outsourcing The Service Delivery Operations;
Sixteenth Report, 1996-97, The Work of the Directors General of
Telecommunications, Gas Supply, Water Services and Electricity
Supply; and
Twenty-Second Report, 1996-97, British Rail Maintenance Ltd: The
Sale of Maintenance Depots - 20.11.97
Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 51 of the Committee's 55 meetings.
On 4 of these occasions evidence was taken partly in private.
The Committee received 238 memoranda, of which 129 came from Government
departments, 19 from executive agencies and 90 from associated
public bodies. The Committee published 127 memoranda.
Inquiry |
No. of oral evidence sessions
|
No. of memoranda received
|
No. of memoranda received from Government departments/ executive agencies/
associated public bodies
|
No. of memoranda published
|
No. of memoranda made available in the Record Office for public use and placed in the Library
|
Child Support Agency Client Fund Accounts 1996-97
|
1
|
2
|
0/1/0
|
1
|
0
|
Highlands & Islands Enterprise: Value for Money Review of Performance Measurement
|
1
|
4
|
1/0/3
|
3
|
0
|
Remploy Limited |
1 |
6 |
3/0/3
|
4
|
0
|
The Skye Bridge |
1 |
6 |
3/0/1
|
4
|
0
|
Employer Compliance Reviews
|
1
|
2
|
1/0/1
|
2
|
0
|
Measures to Combat Housing Benefit Fraud
|
1
|
4
|
3/0/1
|
4
|
0
|
NAO Estimates |
1 |
1 |
0/0/1
|
1
|
0
|
NIAO Estimates |
1 |
2 |
0/0/2
|
2
|
0
|
Vacant Office Property
|
1
|
2
|
0/0/1
|
0
|
0
|
Regulation & Support of Charities
|
1
|
1
|
0/0/1
|
1
|
0
|
Prison Catering |
1 |
1 |
1/0/0
|
1
|
0
|
Privatisation of Belfast International Airport
|
1
|
10
|
9/0/1
|
7
|
0
|
The Industrial Research & Technology Unit
|
1
|
2
|
2/0/0
|
2
|
0
|
Contingent Liabilities in the Dependent Territories
|
1
|
9
|
6/0/2
|
2
|
0
|
Checking Large Traders' VAT Liability
|
1
|
3
|
2/0/1
|
3
|
0
|
The Contract to Develop & Update the Replacement National Insurance Recording System
|
1
|
6
|
0/5/0
|
5
|
0
|
Regulating & Monitoring the Quality of Service Provided to Customers by the Water Industry in England
|
1
|
4
|
0/0/3
|
2
|
0
|
The PFI Contracts for Bridgend & Fazakerley Prisons
|
1
|
5
|
5/0/0
|
3
|
1
|
Protecting Environmentally Sensitive Areas
|
1
|
2
|
1/0/0
|
2
|
0
|
Sale of the Married Quarters Estate
|
1
|
6
|
3/0/1
|
5
|
0
|
Crown Prosecution Service
|
1
|
3
|
3/0/0
|
3
|
0
|
The Administration of Disability Living Allowance by the Social Security Agency
|
1
|
2
|
0/1/0
|
1
|
0
|
Cataract Surgery in Scotland Out
|
1
|
1
|
1/0/0
|
1
|
0
|
Appropriation Accounts 96-97, Volume 2, Class II Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Irregular Payments at the British Embassy in Amman, Jordan
|
1
|
3
|
3/0/0
|
2
|
0
|
The Management of Building Projects at English Higher Education Institutions
|
1
|
2
|
0/0/2
|
2
|
0
|
Appropriation Accounts 96-97 Volume 12: Classes XII - Dept of Social Security: Account Matters
|
1
|
3
|
0/2/0
|
2
|
0
|
PFI: The First Tranche of Design, Build, Finance & Operate Roads
|
1
|
2
|
1/1/0
|
2
|
0
|
Metropolitan Police Service - Management of Sickness Absence
|
1
|
3
|
2/0/1
|
3
|
0
|
The Sale of the Stationery Office
|
1
|
2
|
2/0/0
|
1
|
0
|
Southampton Oceanography Centre
|
1
|
2
|
1/0/0
|
0
|
0
|
The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme
|
1
|
3
|
0/0/1
|
1
|
0
|
Passenger Rail Services: Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF) - Reliability & Verification of Information on Passenger Train Services
|
1
|
6
|
0/0/6
|
6
|
0
|
The Purchase of the Read Codes & the Management of the NHS Centre for Coding and Classification
|
1
|
3
|
1/0/0
|
2
|
0
|
The Management of Growth in the English Further Education Sector
|
1
|
6
|
3/0/2
|
4
|
0
|
Ministry of Defence: Appropriation Accounts 1996-97
|
1
|
3
|
2/0/1
|
3
|
0
|
Intervention Board Executive Agency: Appropriation Accounts 1996-97
|
1
|
4
|
1/3/0
|
4
|
0
|
Overpayments to the Training & Enterprise Councils
|
1
|
2
|
2/0/0
|
1
|
0
|
HMC&E: Appropriation Accounts 96-97
|
1
|
3
|
2/0/1
|
2
|
0
|
Inland Revenue: The Monitoring and Control of Tax Exemptions for Charities
|
1
|
1
|
1/0/0
|
1
|
0
|
Treasury Controls
|
1
|
2
|
1/0/1
|
0
|
0
|
Resource Accounting & Budgeting
|
1
|
7
|
5/0/2
|
7
|
0
|
Civil Maritime Search & Rescue
|
1
|
5
|
0/0/4
|
3
|
0
|
Sale of AEA Technology
|
1
|
1
|
1/0/0
|
1
|
0
|
Performance & Costs of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme in England
|
1
|
3
|
2/0/1
|
3
|
0
|
Privatisation of the Three Rolling Stock Leasing Companies
|
1
|
13
|
1/0/0
|
11
|
0
|
Major Projects Report 1997
|
1
|
4
|
1/0/1
|
1
|
0
|
Managing the Millennium Threat
|
1
|
2
|
1/0/1
|
2
|
0
|
NHS Summarised Accounts for Scotland 1996-97
|
1
|
1
|
1/0/0
|
0
|
0
|
Countering Anti-Competitive Behaviour in the Telecommunications Industry
|
1
|
1
|
0/0/1
|
1
|
0
|
Distribution of Lottery Funds by the English Sports Council
|
1
|
3
|
0/0/3
|
3
|
0
|
Obtaining Benefit for Electricity Customers from the Flotation of the National Grid
|
1
|
0
|
0/0/0
|
0
|
0
|
Forensic Science Service
|
1
|
2
|
0/2/0
|
Evidence to be printed
|
-
|
The Sale of British Energy
|
1
|
2
|
0/0/2
|
Evidence to be printed
|
-
|
Other |
3
|
60
|
51/4/38
|
0
|
2
|
Total |
51
|
238
|
129/19/90
|
127
|
3
|
|
