§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions officials of his Department met the Comptroller and Auditor General or his staff in the course of the preparation of the most recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on the control and management of the Trident programme.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe report on the control and management of the Trident programme (HC 27) was compiled by the staff of the Comptroller and Auditor General after thorough examination of my Department's records and after extensive discussion and correspondence with a number of my officials.
This process covered all parts of my Department engaged in the control and management of the United Kingdom Trident programme and covered a period of some 15 months.