§ Mr. Eggarasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. HayhoeThe number of civil servants currently engaged in internal audit within Her Majesty's Treasury is nine. There are no secondees. Their grades and qualifications are as follows:36W
Grade Number Qualifications Principal 1 Member of Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Senior executive officer 1 BA (Open) 1st class honours in mathematics and mathematical physics Currently studying for diploma of Institute of Internal Auditors Higher executive officer 4 1: BSc (Agric) Former member of Associations of Accounting Technicians Currently studying for diploma of Institute of Internal Auditors 1: BSc (1st class honours) and MSc in mathematics Part-aualified Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants 2: Currently studying for diploma of Institute of Internal Auditors Executive officer 3 1: National Computer Centre—basic certificate in systems analysis 1: Currently studying for diploma of Institute of Internal Auditors 1: Currently studying for CIPFA certificate/diploma in public sector internal auditing and accounting The internal audit unit deviates from the nine standards listed in Government Accounting only in respect of training, where the increase in numbers and standards means that some staff are still undergoing training to bring them as quickly as possible to the basic training standard.