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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answer

Dr. Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department which are subject to (a) investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner, (b) scrutiny by the Audit Commission, (c) scrutiny by the National Audit Office, (d) statutory provisions for open government, (e) performance indicators and (f) provisions under the citizens' charter. [20942] Mr. Hanley: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Publish Investigation by Scrutiny by Scrutiny by NAO Statutory Performance Performance Parliamentary Audit Commission provisions for indicators under citizens Commissioner open government charter British Council Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Britain-Russian Centre Yes No Yes No Yes Yes British Association for No No Yes No Yes Yes Central and Eastern Europe Commonwealth Institutes No No Yes No Yes No in London and Edinburgh Great Britain-China Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Centre Marshall Aid No No Yes No No Yes Commemoration Commission Westminster Foundation No No Yes No No No For Democracy Commonwealth Scholarship No No Yes No No No Commission Crown Agents Holding and No No Yes No No No Realisation Board _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

20942; 292 c611-2W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Audit Commission Citizen's Charter Government departments Non-departmental public bodies Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration National Audit Office Standards Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Contains statistics

Yes