Sessional Returns Session 1999-2000 - Contents


B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK, PUBLICATIONS ETC

24. Public Accounts

The Committee was nominated on 25 July 1997.
It had 15 Members and held 52 meetings.


Members
Meetings attended

Davis, Mr David (Chairman)
47
Burns, Mr Simon (added, 7.11.00)
4
Campbell, Mr Alan
25
Curry, Mr David (discharged, 7.11.00)
9
Davidson, Mr Ian
21
Davies, Mr Geraint
28
Eagle, Ms Maria (discharged, 29.11.99)
0
Faber, Mr David (added, 7.11.00)
2
Gardiner, Mr Barry
34
Griffiths, Mr Nigel (added, 29.11.99)
43
Leigh, Mr Edward (added, 14.4.00)
13
Love, Mr Andrew
30
Murphy, Mr Jim (added, 29.11.99)
25
Page, Mr Richard (discharged, 14.4.00)
14
Rendel, Mr David
48
Steinberg, Mr Gerry
41
*Timms, Mr Stephen
1
Wardle, Mr Charles (discharged, 7.11.00)
17
Williams, Mr Alan
47

Overall attendance:
57.6%
Number of Members added:
5
Number of Members discharged:
4
Turnover of membership during the Session:
27%

* held a Ministerial post while being a member of the Committee

Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Ken Brown OBE, Senior Clerk (Band A2).
Committee Assistant: Miss Susan Monaghan, Chief Office Clerk (Band C) (until 3.11.00); Dr Devra Kay, Chief Office Clerk (Band C) (from 30.10.00).
Secretary: Miss Ronnie Jefferson, Secretary (Band D1).
Senior Office Clerk: Mr Michael Cruickshank (Band D1).

Specialist Advisers during the Session
None.

Witnesses

Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
     Number of appearances by:
          Cabinet Ministers 1
     Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
          Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food 4
          Cabinet Office 3
          Department for Culture, Media & Sport 3
          Ministry of Defence 14
          Department of the Environment, Transport & the Regions 1
          Foreign & Commonwealth Office 3
          Department of Health (NHS Executive) 5
          Department of Health 1
          Home Office 6
          Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland 2
          Department for International Development 3
          Lord Chancellor's Department 1
          Department of Social Security 5
          Department of Trade & Industry 1
          HM Treasury 5
          executive agencies 18
               comprising: Child Support Agency 5
               Defence Housing Executive 1
               Highways Agency 2
               Medical Devices Agency 1
               National Savings 2
               HM Prison Service 3
               Public Trust Office 1
               UK Passport Agency 2
               Vehicle Inspectorate 1
          public bodies and non-Ministerial departments 26
               comprising: Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority 1
               Crown Agents 2
               HM Customs & Excise 6
               English Heritage 1
               English Partnerships 1
               Gaming Board for Great Britain 2
               Inland Revenue 7
               National Lottery Charities Board 1
               Office of Fair Trading 3
               Shadow Strategic Rail Authority 2
     Appearances by other witnesses 31


Overseas Visits
None.

Visits to European Institutions
None.

UK Visits
None.

Reports and Minutes of Evidence

Title
HC No. (1999-2000)
Date of publication
No. of pages
Sale price
Government reply
First Report: Improving the Delivery of Government IT Projects
65
5.1.00
35
£8.00
Cm 4656, published 16.3.00
Second Report: Financial Management and Governance at Gwent Tertiary College
102
12.1.00
68
£10.60
Cm 4656, published 16.3.00
Third Report: Appropriation Accounts 1997-98 Class XII, Vote 1 (Central Government Administered Social Security Benefits and Other Payments)
103
13.1.00
57
£9.70
Cm 4656, published 16.3.00
Fourth Report: The Government Resources and Accounts Bill
127
6.1.00
16
£5.10
Cm 4695, published 12.4.00
Fifth Report: NHS (England) Summarised Accounts 1997-98
128
19.1.00
43
£8.80
Cm 4688, published 30.3.00
Sixth Report: The Arts Council of England: Monitoring Major Capital Projects Funded by the National Lottery
129
20.1.00
43
£8.80
Cm 4688, published 30.3.00
Seventh Report: Home Office: The Immigration and Nationality Directorate's Casework Programme
130
26.1.00
57
£9.70
Cm 4688, published 30.3.00
Eighth Report: Office of Gas and Electricity Markets: Giving Customers a Choice—The Introduction of Competition into the Domestic Gas Market
171
3.2.00
39
£8.80
Cm 4732, published 18.5.00
Ninth Report: Government Resources and Accounts Bill
159
22.2.00
46
£8.80
Cm 4695, published 12.4.00
Tenth Report: Excess Votes 1998-99
282
8.3.00
9
£3.70
Not applicable
Eleventh Report: Improving VAT Assurance
75
29.3.00
36
£8.00
Cm 4732, published 18.5.00
Twelfth Report: The PFI Contract for the New Dartford and Gravesham Hospital
131
7.4.00
56
£9.70
Cm 4758, published 28.6.00
Thirteenth Report: The 1992 and 1998 Information Management and Technology Strategies of the NHS Executive
406
13.4.00
30
£7.00
Cm 4758, published 28.6.00
Fourteenth Report: Child Support Agency: Client Funds Account 1998-99
184
20.4.00
41
£8.80
Cm 4758, published 28.6.00
Fifteenth Report: Ministry of Defence: The Procurement of Non-Combat Vehicles for the Royal Air Force
172
19.4.00
31
£8.00
Cm 4758, published 28.6.00
Sixteenth Report: Vehicle Emissions Testing
189
4.5.00
30
£7.00
Cm 4758, published 28.6.00
Seventeenth Report: Irregularities in Accounting for Visa Fees in Calcutta
226
24.5.00
47
£8.80
Cm 4798, published 20.7.00
Eighteenth Report: The Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland
66
25.5.00
54
£9.70
Cm 4822, published 25.7.00
Nineteenth Report: The Contributions Agency: The Newcastle Estate Development Project
104
7.6.00
45
£8.80
Cm 4798, published 20.7.00
Twentieth Report: NHS Executive: The Management of Medical Equipment in NHS Acute Trusts in England
173
9.6.00
27
£7.00
Cm 4863, published 12.10.00
Twenty-first Report: Government on the Web
331
14.6.00
43
£8.80
Cm 4863, published 12.10.00
Twenty-second Report: Highways Agency: Getting Best Value from the Disposal of Property
231
15.6.00
43
£8.80
Cm 4863, published 12.10.00
Twenty-third Report: Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions: English Partnerships—Assisting Local Regeneration
283
21.6.00
37
£8.00
Cm 4863, published 12.10.00
Twenty-fourth Report: The Passport Delays of Summer 1999
208
28.6.00
63
£10.60
Cm 4863, published 12.10.00
Twenty-fifth Report: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Progress made on the Committee's Recommendations
257
5.7.00
26
£6.50
Cm 4886, published 19.10.00
Twenty-sixth Report: The Private Finance Initiative: The Contract for the Defence Fixed Telecommunications System
413
7.7.00
36
£8.00
Cm 4886, published 19.10.00
Twenty-seventh Report: Criminal Justice: Working Together
298
12.7.00
49
£9.70
Cm 4901, published 16.11.00
Twenty-eighth Report: Inland Revenue/EDS Strategic Partnership: The Award of New Work
431
13.7.00
32
£8.00
Cm 4886, published 19.10.00
Twenty-ninth Report: Progress on Resource Accounting and the Adoption of Resource-based Supply
556
1.8.00
195
£19.50
Cm 4901, published 16.11.00
Thirtieth Report: Compensating Victims of Violent Crime
472
2.8.00
40
£8.80
Cm 4901, published 16.11.00
Thirty-first Report: National Insurance Fund 1998-99 and Wider Issues of Fraud and Error in Benefits Paid by the Department of Social Security
350
9.8.00
42
£8.80
Cm 4901, published 16.11.00
Thirty-second Report: Appropriation Account 1998-99 (Class XII Vote 1): Central Social Security benefits and other Payments Administered by Central Government
521
11.8.00
44
£8.80
Cm 4901, published 16.11.00
Thirty-third Report: Ministry of Defence: Major Projects Report 1998
247
16.8.00
41
£8.80
Cm 4901, published 16.11.00
Thirty-fourth Report: State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme: The Failure to inform the Public about Reduced Pension Rights for Widows and Widowers
401
17.8.00
43
£8.80
Cm 4901, published 16.11.00
Thirty-fifth Report: The Office of the Rail Regulator: Ensuring that Railtrack maintain and renew the Railway Network
536
23.8.00
46
£9.70
Cm 4901, published 16.11.00
Thirty-sixth Report: Ministry of Defence: Appropriation Accounts 1998-99
265
25.8.00
34
£8.00
Cm 4901, published 16.11.00
Thirty-seventh Report: The Office of Fair Trading: Protecting the Customer from Unfair Trading Practices
501
30.8.00
38
£8.00
Cm 4901, published 16.11.00
Thirty-eighth Report: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: The Sheep Annual Premium Scheme in England
362
24.11.00
38
£8.00
Awaited
Thirty-ninth Report: HM Customs and Excise: Revenue from Gambling Duties
423
8.11.00
33
£8.00
Awaited
Fortieth Report: National Savings: Public-Private Partnership with Siemens Business Services
566
15.11.00
31
£8.00
Awaited
Forty-first Report: The Gaming Board: Better Regulation
611
16.11.00
36
£8.00
Awaited
Forty-second Report: The Management and Control of Hospital Acquired Infection in Acute NHS Trusts in England
306
23.11.00
45
£8.80
Awaited
Forty-third Report: Hip Replacements: Getting it Right First Time
513
20.12.00
45
£8.80
Awaited
Forty-fourth Report: Ministry of Defence: Accepting Equipment Off-Contract and into Service
319
30.11.00
47
£8.80
Awaited
Forty-fifth Report: Ministry of Defence: Acceptance of the Chinook Mk 2 Helicopter
975
30.11.00
85
£12.50
Awaited
Forty-sixth Report: Ministry of Defence: Kosovo: The Financial Management of Military Operations
582
21.12.00
44
£8.80
Awaited
Forty-seventh Report: The National Health Service Executive — Valedictory Hearing:Sir Alan Langlands
624
19.12.00
34
£8.00
Awaited

Government replies to Reports for Session 1998-99
Reply to the Committee's Thirty-ninth Report: The NHS in Scotland: Making the Most of the Estate and Other Issues, published as Cm 4576 (27.1.00).
Reply to the Committee's Fortieth Report: The Sale of Railfreight Distribution, published as Cm 4576 (27.1.00).
Reply to the Committee's Forty-first Report: The PRIME Project: The Transfer of the Department of Social Security Estate to the Private Sector, published as Cm 4593 (10.2.00)

Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1998-99 were published on 29.11.99 as HC 912 (Session 1998-99). The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1999-2000 will be published as HC 791(Session 1999-2000).

Divisions
None.

Debates
The following Reports were the subject of a debate in the House:
Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth Reports of Session 1997-98 and First to Thirty-eighth Reports of Session 1998-99 and of the Treasury Minutes and Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel Memoranda on these Reports (Cm 4279, 4285, 4335, 4380, 4394, 4408, 4456, 4469, 4471, 4515) on a Motion to take note, 25.11.99.

The following Reports were referred to on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:

Fourth and Ninth Reports, 1999-2000, The Government Resources and Accounts Bill, on consideration of the Government Resources and Accounts Bill, 29.2.00

Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 49 of the Committee's 51 meetings. On 2 of these occasions evidence was taken partly in private.

Inquiry
No. of oral evidence sessions
Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland
1
The Millennium Threat: Are we ready?
1
NAO Estimates 2000-2001
1
NIAO Estimates 2000-2001
1
HM Customs & Excise: Improving VAT Assurance and matters arising from earlier reports
1
The Contributions Agency: The Newcastle Estate Development Project (Private Finance Initiative)
1
The PFI Contract for the new Dartford and Gravesham Hospital
1
Government Resource and Accounts Bill
1
The Procurement of Non-Combat Vehicles for the Royal Air Force
1
The Management of Medical Equipment in NHS Acute Hospital Trusts in England
1
Child Support Agency Client Funds Account 1998-99
1
Vehicle Emissions Testing
1
The Passport Delays of Summer 1999
1
Irregularities in accounting for visa fees at the High Commission in Calcutta
1
Highways Agency: Getting best value from the disposal of property
1
Ministry of Defence: Major Projects Report 1998
1
Progress made on Committee recommendations (BSE: Arable area payments scheme; Protecting environmentally sensitive areas)
1
Ministry of Defence: Appropriation Accounts 1998-99
1
English Partnerships: Assisting Local Regeneration
1
Criminal Justice: Working Together
1
The Management and Control of Hospital Acquired Infection in Acute NHS Trusts in England
1
MoD: Accepting equipment off-contract and into service
1
Government on the Web
1
National Insurance Fund Accounts 1998-99
1
MAFF: Sheep Annual premium scheme in England
1
Inpatient Admissions and Bed Management in NHS Acute Hospitals
1
State Earnings related pension scheme
1
The Private Finance Initiative: The Contract for the Defence Fixed Telecommunications System
1
Revenue from Gambling Duties
1
Inland Revenue/EDS Strategic Partnership: Award of New Work
1
Courts Funds Office - Funds in Court: Unclaimed Balances: Public Trust Office Accounts 1998-99
1
Compensating victims of violent crimes
1
Grants made by the National Lottery Charities Board
1
Protecting the Consumer from Unfair Trading Practices
1
Hip Replacements: Getting it Right First Time
1
Benefits Agency Account Matters
1
Ensuring that Railtrack maintain and renew the railway network
1
Resource Accounting & Budgeting
1
Pubic-Private Partnership with Siemens Business Services
1
Kosovo: The Financial Management of Military Operations
1
Access to Properties grant-aided by English Heritage
1
The Gaming Board: Better Regulation
1
The National Health Service Executive
1
Emergency Aid: The Kosovo Crisis
1
Managing Reductions in the Number of Vacant Family Quarters
1
The Refinancing of the Fazakerley Prison PFI Contract
1
Overseeing Focus Housing Association
1
The Millennium Dome
1
Parole
1
Managing Costs in English Further Education Colleges
1
Action to Improve Passenger Rail Services
1
Total
51




 
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