HC Deb 25 May 1999 vol 332 c94W
Mrs. Brinton

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport who are(a) the auditors responsible for ensuring the financial propriety of the Radio Authority and (b) the authors of the report on allegations of impropriety in the award of radio licences by the Radio Authority. [85096]

Janet Anderson

The Radio Authority's internal auditors are PricewaterhouseCoopers. Its external auditors are Grant Thornton, whose Crawley office is responsible for the audit.

The authors of the independent report of the Inquiry into allegations concerning the award of the East of England regional licence were the Forensic Services Group of the London office of Grant Thornton.