§ Mr. Tim Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what measures he is taking to improve the management system of the Property Services Agency following the Wardale report on fraud and corruption.
§ Sir George YoungDepartmental procedures affecting the management of works contracts and the control of works stores have already been reviewed and strengthened during the past year and a programme of further action on the recommendations made in the report has been drawn up. Decisions resulting from this will be implemented as quickly as possible.
To ensure that the lessons learnt from the report are fully understood throughout the agency, a series of meetings for staff at all levels of management, attended by senior officers of the agency, has been arranged.