Westminster City Council (Hansard, 1 November 1994)

§ Mr. Raynsford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what investigation his Department is making into Westminster city council's failure to recover repair costs from leaseholders.

§ Mr. Robert B. Jones
It is not the role of the Department to carry out such investigations. This is a matter for the authority's auditors.

§ Mr. Raynsford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the reasons for the qualification of Westminster city council's accounts for 1993–94.

§ Mr. Robert B. Jones
No. This is a matter for the local authority and its appointed auditor.

§ Mr. Raynsford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the additional cost to tenants in Westminster of the failure of the council to recover repair costs from leaseholders.

§ Mr. Robert B. Jones
The Department has no details of the alleged undercharging by Westminster city council, and has made no estimate of the cost to tenants.