HC Deb 06 June 1951 vol 488 cc128-9W
103. Sir W. Smithers

asked the Secretary of State for Air if his attention has been called to the criticisms of the financial control and misappropriation of his Department's funds in sections 9 to 15 of the Second Report from the Commit tee of Public Accounts, Command Paper No. 183; and what action has been taken to prevent a repetition of these and similar practices.

Mr. A. Henderson

Yes. I have seen the remarks of the Committee about the control of public funds held by the Service Departments. So far as the Air Ministry is concerned, the procedure for the control of such funds has proved generally effective and any misappropriation which may occur is investigated as a matter of course, in order to determine whether the existing regulations are water tight and, if not, whether there is any direction in which they could with advantage be altered.