HC Deb 18 January 1985 vol 71 cc255-6W
Mr. Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Defence why the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement took until 19 December 1984 to advise the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton that the hon. Member's letter of 20 November 1984, covered by departmental reference DP/JL 754/84 and relating to an individual constituent in Melton Mowbray had been transferred to the Department of the Environment.

Mr. Butler

The information requested is too detailed and lengthy to set out in tabular form in theOfficial Report. The main reporting lines in the Procurement Executive are as follows:

Mr. Lee

My hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton wrote to my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces on 20 November. As the case apparently concerned the relationship of a civilian contractor's employee to the Ministry of Defence, it was judged to fall within my area of responsibility and was therefore passed to my office, where it was received on 4 December. My right hon. Friend advised my hon. Friend of this transfer in a letter dated 30 November. Subsequent investigation established, however, that the constituent's company was contracted to work for the Property Services Agency. The correspondence was therefore passed to the Department of Environment, and my hon. Friend was informed of this by letter on 19 December.

I am sorry if there has been any inconvenience caused.

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