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To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission how many staff the National Audit Office has appointed who were later discovered to be illegal immigrants since 2005.

Asked by
Robert Syms (Conservative)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 March 2010
Reference
506 c1349W; 320438
House
House of Commons

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission how many days staff of the Public Accounts Commission spent on trade union activity in the latest year for which figures are available; and what recent estimate has been made of the annual cost to the public purse of such activity.

Asked by
Robert Syms (Conservative)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 March 2010
Reference
506 c1349W; 320672
House
House of Commons

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission for how many days a month the non-executive directors of the National Audit Office are expected to work in return for their annual remuneration.

Asked by
Philip Hollobone (Conservative)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 November 2009
Reference
501 c365W; 301674
House
House of Commons

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 24 April 2009, Official Report, column 977W, on Government Departments: accountancy, if he will place in the Library a copy of each letter of direction in relation to property...

Asked by
Nick Hurd (Conservative)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 July 2009
Reference
496 c1142W; 289096
House
House of Commons

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 24 April 2009, Official Report, column 977W, on Government Departments: accountancy, what the nature was of the direction in relation to property and notified regularity in relation to the...

Asked by
Nick Hurd (Conservative)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 July 2009
Reference
496 c1142W; 289095
House
House of Commons

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission with reference to paragraph 5.5 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions since May 1997 departmental accounting officers have written to the Comptroller and Auditor General following a written instruction from a Minister to take an action which the Accounting...

Asked by
Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 April 2009
Reference
491 c977W; 269928
House
House of Commons

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission for what reasons the Commission agreed at its meeting of 16 December 2008 that the Comptroller and Auditor General's pay should be linked to that of the Lord Chief Justice.

Asked by
Philip Hollobone (Conservative)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 March 2009
Reference
490 c496W;490 c494W; 265724
House
House of Commons

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission when he last discussed the National Audit Office's future work programme with the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Asked by
David Leslie Taylor (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 February 2009
Reference
487 c1407-8W; 254304
House
House of Commons

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 16 December 2008, Official Report, columns 111-112WS, on guaranteed minimum pension contributions, what the timetable is for the National Audit Office review.

Asked by
Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 January 2009
Reference
487 c271-2W; 250333
House
House of Commons
Certainly, that is best practice at the moment, and it is thoroughly recommended. If the banks have not been doing it, it is about time that they started doing it.
Answered by
Alan Williams (Labour)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 December 2008
Reference
485 c674
House
House of Commons
I should like to comfort my hon. Friend as I know he gets very anguished about the National Audit Office. It has in fact progressively increased its performance. When I first went on to the Public Accounts Committee—I think it was in 1990—the ratio was 5:1 and at the request of the Public Accounts Committee and the Public Accounts Commission, the ratio has gradually increased to 9:1. A nice ballpark figure for my hon. Friend to remember is that as a result of that, in the last 18 months the NAO has saved the taxpayer £1 billion.
Answered by
Alan Williams (Labour)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 December 2008
Reference
485 c672-3
House
House of Commons
The NAO has given us an absolute assurance on all those points. It will deliver on time next year, and within the new budget.
Answered by
Alan Williams (Labour)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 December 2008
Reference
485 c670
House
House of Commons
We do rotate the auditors, and I cannot envisage that they will have any problem with these budget increases.
Answered by
Alan Williams (Labour)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 December 2008
Reference
485 c670-1
House
House of Commons
What recent representations the Public Accounts Commission has received on the financing and cost-effectiveness of the National Audit Office.
Asked by
David Leslie Taylor (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
11 December 2008
Reference
485 c672; 242326
House
House of Commons
With reference to paragraph 89 of the report of John Tiner into corporate governance arrangements for the National Audit Office, whether the external auditors will be appointed on a rotating basis.
Asked by
Peter Bone (Conservative)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
11 December 2008
Reference
485 c674; 242330
House
House of Commons
For what reasons the Public Accounts Commission recently approved additional funding of £5.8 million for the project to refurbish the headquarters of the National Audit Office.
Asked by
Philip Hollobone (Conservative)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
11 December 2008
Reference
485 c670; 242324
House
House of Commons
We approved extra funding because the initial work identified problems with asbestos, structural defects and, unexpectedly, construction-cost inflation. Those problems could not have been anticipated at the outset.
Answered by
Alan Williams (Labour)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 December 2008
Reference
485 c670
House
House of Commons
The Public Accounts Commission monitors the financing and cost-effectiveness of the National Audit Office, especially when considering the NAO’s three-year corporate plan and when approving its estimates for the coming year.
Answered by
Alan Williams (Labour)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 December 2008
Reference
485 c672
House
House of Commons
We agree with John Tiner’s recommendation, subject to retaining the requirement that the commission approves the auditors’ appointment. The NAO’s audit committee will recommend a firm to the NAO board, which will appoint the auditors, subject to the approval of the Public Accounts Commission. The NAO already rotates its auditors—something that concerns the Government—in line with best practice.
Answered by
Alan Williams (Labour)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 December 2008
Reference
485 c674
House
House of Commons

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission whether the National Audit Office has provided guidance to Government departments on their euro changeover preparations and planning.

Asked by
Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative)
Answering body
Public Accounts Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 November 2008
Reference
482 c783W; 233542
House
House of Commons