HC Deb 12 July 1955 vol 543 c1746
54. Mr. Remnant

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government why the 1953–54 accounts of the new towns have not been published until fourteen months after the close of the financial year.

Mr. Sandys

My hon. Friend is misinformed. The accounts were published less than four months after the close of the financial year.

Mr. Remnant

Is my right hon. Friend aware that the Report was published only last month, some fourteen months, as I stated, after the close of the year. The figures are completely obsolete and quite useless. What accounts for that, during a period when the Reports for the subsequent years are already coming in?

Mr. Sandys

The Question related to the accounts. They were published within four months of the end of the financial year. I have no responsibility for the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General.