§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many files marked "Not for National Audit Office Eyes" are currently held by his Department. [24850]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThere are 269 files currently marked "Not for National Audit Office Eyes" out of a total number of 1,461,000 files held in my Department.
The marking "Not for National Audit Office Eyes" is used in accordance with an agreement between the Treasury and the National Audit Office, under which documents relating to the handling of relations between Departments and the National Audit Office and Public Accounts Committee are not automatically available to the National Audit Office while they are current.