§ Mr. Eggarasked the Secretary of State for Defence 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. PattieThere were 157 civil servants engaged in internal audit in the Ministry of Defence on 4 June 1984, excluding support staff. At that date there were no secondees.