§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list those occasions in each of the past five years in which officials with responsibility for placing printing contracts in(a) HMSO headquarters and (b) HMSO, Llanishen, Cardiff, have been subject to disciplinary proceedings leading to (i) suspension on full pay, (ii) suspension without pay, (iii) summary dismissal and (iv) criminal proceedings.
§ Mr. Robert JacksonResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to HMSO under its chief executive. I have asked him to write to the hon. Member direct.
Letter from Paul Freeman to Mr. Rhodri Morgan, dated 25 January 1993:
As you are aware, your Parliamentary Question to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, about disciplinary action against officials with responsibility for placing printing contracts, has been referred to me for reply.There has been just one such case at HMSO Headquarters during the past five years. The officer concerned was dismissed, and criminal proceedings are pending. There was also one such case at HMSO Cardiff. In this case the officer concerned was also dismissed, but I understand that the police, who have seen the papers, are not pursuing the matter further.I should add that both officers were dismissed for using their official position to personal advantage, and not for any improprieties in the placing of printing contracts.