§ Mr. Eggarasked the Secretary of State for Defence 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. Pattie[pursuant to his reply, 18 June 1984, c. 41]: I now supply additional information, as follows:
inspection, including overall control of civilian manpower numbers. He is assisted by a professionally qualified deputy with wide experience of internal audit, and the independence of audit is ensured by right of access to our accounting officers.