HC Deb 25 January 2000 vol 343 cc207-8W
Mrs. Browning

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will place in the Library a list of his Department's procedures for dealing with reports of misuse of(a) DTI grants and (b) other Government grants. [106348]

Mr. Byers

[holding answer 24 January 2000]: (a) The Department's Finance Handbook requires that whenever there is a suspected case of external fraud it should be notified immediately to Internal Audit Directorate, the Finance and Resource Management Directorate and Solicitors.

(b) The procedures adopted by other Departments are a matter for each Department.