§ Mr. Eggarasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of (a) civil servants and (b) secondees, who are engaged in internal audit within his Department and the grades and qualifications of each individual; and to what extent the establishment and work carried out by the unit deviates from the nine primary standards listed in "Government Accounting 9/82".
§ Mr. Stradling ThomasOn 4 June 1984 the Welsh Office had a total of 14 civil servants engaged in internal audit. Their grades and qualifications are as follows:
- 1 principal. Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants.
- 1 senior executive officer.
- 5 higher executive officers. One is currently undertaking a diploma in internal auditing and another will do so later in the year.
- 7 executive officers. One has a degree in economics and politics. Another has a diploma in banking and is currently undertaking a diploma in internal auditing. A further two will also be taking this diploma later in the year.
At that date no seconded staff were engaged in internal audit but one such officer, a chartered accountant, has since taken up duty.
Our Department seeks to comply with the nine primary standards and to this end has significantly increased the resources devoted to training for internal audit work.