§ Mr. Rhodri MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment on how many occasions written directions have been sought by permanent secretaries and other accounting officers in the past five years; in what circumstances. [19215]
§ Dr. HowellsNo written directions have been sought in the past five years by permanent secretaries or other accounting officers in the Department for Education and Employment, nor by those in the former Employment Department or Department for Education.