HC Deb 06 July 1998 vol 315 cc349-50W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library copies of the invoices which he has paid, with dates, to the(a) Association of Chief Police Officers, (b) Association of Chief Police Officers Ltd. and (c) Chief Police Officers Staff Association in each of the last two years. [49218]

Mr. Michael

No. This expenditure is subject to parliamentary approval and audit, as is all Government expenditure.

It would be neither appropriate nor practical to place in the Library copies of invoices for administrative expenses incurred by the Association of Chief Police Officers and processed through the Home Office's Business and Accounting Strategic Systems.

Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library copies of the annual accounts for each of the last five years of the Association of Chief Police Officers, for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. [49221]

Mr. Michael

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to him on 18 June 1998,Official Report, columns 296–97.