§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many files marked "Not for National Audit Office Eyes" are currently held by his Department. [24852]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotThe marking "Not for NAO 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 NAO and Public Accounts Committee are not automatically available to the NAO while they are current.
Because my Department operates a decentralised registry system, the number of files so marked could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.