Written question asked by Mark Prisk (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 December 2002. It was answered by Douglas Alexander (Labour) on Monday, 16 December 2002 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Cabinet Office

Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Panel for Regulatory Accountability has met in the last year; what allowances from public funds are made available to members of the Panel for Regulatory Accountability; and what the cost was in each year since 1997. - Inc ref to Exemption 2 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. No figures given.

Answer: Mr. Prisk: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many times the Panel for Regulatory Accountability has met in the last year; what allowances from public funds are made available to members of the Panel for Regulatory Accountability; and what the cost was in each year since 1997. [87609] Mr. Alexander: The panel has been a Cabinet Committee since July 2001. It is established practice under Exemption 2 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information that information relating to the proceedings of Cabinet Committee business is not disclosed. Prior to this, no allowances from public funds were made available to members of the panel in relation to their membership.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 87609; 396 c608-9W;396 c624-5W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Accountability Costs Finance Regulation Regulatory Accountability Panel
Contains statistics: Yes
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