§ Mr. Eggarasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of (a) civil servants and (b) secondees, who are engaged in internal audit within his Department and the grades and qualifications of each individual; and to what extent the establishment and work carried out by the unit deviates from the nine primary standards listed in "Government Accounting 9/82".
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinMy Department has 12 staff in its internal audit unit, composed of one assistant secretary, two principals, two senior executive officers, two higher executive officers and five executive officers. The assistant secretary and one principal are Fellows of the Institute of Chartered Accountants; two executive officers are respectively studying for membership of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and the Diploma of the Institute of Internal Audit. There are no secondees. The establishment of the unit is still being built up. Its work is conducted in line with the standards in "Government Accounting 9/82".