§ Mr. PendryTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he will take regarding the financial management and control of the Sports Council following the publication of the report of the National Audit Office.
§ Mr. MoynihanThe Public Accounts Committee is to take evidence on the National Audit Office's report on the Sports Council (HC 196) on 1 March. It would not be appropriate for me to comment on the report before then.
§ Mr. PendryTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if any staff from his Department were seconded to the Sports Council during the period covered by the National Audit Office report into the Sports Council.
§ Mr. MoynihanA grade 5 and his personal secretary from this Department were on secondment to the Sports Council between January 1987 to February 1988.