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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 18 February 2008.

Oral evidence

Taken before the Public Accounts Committee

on Monday 26 November 2007

Members present:

Mr. Edward Leigh (Chairman)

Mr. Richard Bacon	Mr. Austin Mitchell
Angela Browning	Dr. John Pugh
Mr. David Curry	Geraldine Smith
Mr. Philip Dunne	Mr. Don Touhig
Nigel Griffiths	Phil Wilson
Keith Hill

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Sir John Bourn KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Tim Burr, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, and Trish Brown , Director, National Audit Office, were in attendance.

Marius Gallaher, Alternate Treasury Officer of Accounts, was in attendance.

REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL

Sustainable Employment: Supporting People to Stay in Work and Advance (HC 32)

CONTENTS

Witnesses: Adam Sharples, Director-General, Work, Welfare and Equality Group, Department for Work and Pensions, Stephen Marston, Director-General, Further Education and Skills Group, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, Mark Haysom, Chief Executive, Learning and Skills Council, and Lesley Strathie, Chief Executive, Jobcentre Plus, gave evidence.

Question Numbers

1-19

20-39

40-59

60-79

80-99

100-111

Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Department for Work and Pensions

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Prepared 28 February 2008