§ Mr. BaconTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who the Finance Director of the(a) Department, (b) Probation Service, (c) Charity Commission and (d) Assets Recovery Agency is; what accountancy qualifications each Director holds; and on how many occasions there has been a qualified opinion on (i) the resource accounts and (ii) other accounts of each in the last five years. [183423]
§ Fiona MactaggartThe information requested, is shown in the table.
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Finance Director Accountancy qualifications held (a) Home Office William Nye — (b) Probation Service Rat McBurney Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (c)Charity Commission Nick Allaway Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (d) Assets Recovery Agency Ivor Jamison Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting In respect of Departmental Accounts, the audit opinion has been given on the accounts for the periods requested. Of the Departments requested the Probation Service is a part of the Home Office while the Asset Recovery Agency and the Charities Commission are
Financial year National Audit Office opinion: The Home Office National Audit Office opinion: The Charities Commission 1999–2000 Disclaimed Unqualified 2000–01 Qualified Unqualified 2001–02 Qualified Qualified 2002–03 Unqualified as true and fair, but qualified arising from an expenditure in excess of amounts authorised for Request for Resource 2 Unqualified 2003–04 Resource Accounts not yet audited—an opinion will not be available until later in the year Unqualified