Private Investigators

HC Deb 04 June 1996 vol 278 cc356-7W

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what use his Department has made of private detective agencies or investigators during 1995–96 and 1994–95; what agencies have been employed; for what purposes; and at what cost to his Department. [30560]

Mrs. Angela Knight

The Treasury has not used any private detective agencies or investigators during the years in question.