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If he will list the National Health Service bodies sponsored by his Department which are subject to (a) investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner, (b) scrutiny by the Audit Commission, (c) scrutiny by the National Audit Office, (d) statutory provisions for open government, (e) performance indicators and (f) provisions under the...

Asked by

Tony Wright (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 March 1997

Reference

21729; 292 c1035-6W

House

House of Commons

Blatch, Baroness

Statement on the present position on the availability of information from the Prison Service mandatory drug testing programme. - Includes fact that as a result of internal checking, a number of errors have been found in the information held centrally. The Prison Service have commissioned the National Addiction Centre to...

Asked by

Lord Astor of Hever (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 March 1997

Reference

579 c109-10WA

House

House of Lords

Home Office

Statement on the present position the availability of information from the Prison Service mandatory drug testing programme.

Asked by

Olga Maitland (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

20 March 1997

Answered on

20 March 1997

Lady Olga Maitland: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the present position the availability of information from the Prison Service mandatory drug testing programme. [21670] Miss Widdecombe: As part of the programme of mandatory drug testing in prison establishments the Prison Service collects a range of statistical information, including information about the percentage of prisoners who test positive for drugs in the tests which are carried out at random. Since April 1996 the number of random tests that prove positive, expressed as a percentage of the total number of random tests carried out, has been one of the Prison Service's key performance indicators. As a result of internal checking, a number of errors have been found in the information held centrally. The main problems are thought to relate to the recording of results of confirmation tests--carried out where a prisoner pleads not guilty at adjudication in response to an initial positive result--and to cases where an initial positive result should subsequently have been discounted because the prisoner concerned was on a course of prescribed medication. The Prison Service has commissioned the national addiction centre to carry out an independent validation of a sample of the available statistical information on mandatory drug testing covering the period April 1996 to June 1996. This involves a detailed scrutiny of the information held in prison establishments and comparison with the information held centrally. The validation exercise, should provide a measure of the extent of the errors, the possible implications for performance against the key indicator and, more generally, of the reliability of data on mandatory drug testing held by the Prison Service. There is no reason to suppose, from the work completed so far, that the statistical information for the period from April 1996 is other than broadly accurate. Once the exercise is complete, the Prison Service expects to be in a position to provide reliable information on performance against the key indicator for the period April 1996. However, until such information is available, all previously published figures relating to the percentage of prisoners who test positive for drugs should be regarded as provisional. In addition, no firm conclusions, including conclusions on any apparent trends on the use of drugs in prison, should be drawn from data relating to the first phase of the mandatory drugs testing programme--February 1995 to March 1996--since not all establishments were involved and some differences in testing protocols were in place. We are not yet in a position to say whether the use of cannabis has declined since mandatory drug testing was introduced. It remains the case that there is no clear evidence of switching from cannabis to opiates or vice versa. This answer should be taken as correcting any inadvertently misleading statements which may have been made in relation to mandatory drug testing statistics.

Date

20 March 1997

Reference

21670; 292 c855-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

Statement on results of the recent consultation on proposed amendments to the small companies audit exemptions; and what actions he plans to take. - Inc fact that all three deregulatory proposals were endorsed, and I propose to implement them. (Small companies audit exemption consultation: analysis of responses in Library as...

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

19 March 1997

Answered on

19 March 1997

Mr. Lidington: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what were the results of the recent consultation on proposed amendments to the small companies audit exemptions; and what actions he plans to take. [21459] Mr. Lang: I am pleased to announce that all three of our deregulatory proposals were endorsed by the public consultation, and I propose to implement them at once, in order to bring the benefits to small companies as soon as possible. Our main proposal, to raise the audit exemption threshold to £350,000 annual turnover and so to abolish the statutory requirement for the "audit exemption report" which has been required since 1994 in the turnover band from £90,000 to £350,000, was supported by two thirds of the 272 respondents to the consultation. This change will bring the deregulatory benefits of total audit exemption to an estimated further 200,000 small companies. The current arrangements will be retained for those charities which have chosen to incorporate, pending an early consultation on options for harmonisation of the financial reporting requirements under charities legislation on the one hand and companies legislation on the other. The two technical amendments on which we also sought views, relating to the treatment of companies which form part of groups and of dormant companies, enjoyed the overwhelming support of respondents. Companies which form part of groups will not be required to file audited individual accounts, provided that they are not otherwise excluded and that the turnover of the group does not exceed the threshold. The regulations clarify that dormant companies are automatically entitled to audit exemption on the same terms as qualifying non-dormant companies. A summary of the responses to the consultation will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses of Parliament.

Date

19 March 1997

Reference

21459; 292 c633W

House

House of Commons

Companies Act 1985 (Audit Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

SI 1997/936 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 15 April 1997.

Department

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

18 March 1997

Reference

SI 1997/936

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Dept for Education and Employment

Pursuant to her Answer of 20th November 1996, Official Report, column 553, if she will comment on the impact of the schools environmental assessment method on the work of schools in respect of their evaluation of their environmental impact.

Asked by

Martyn Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 March 1997

Reference

20308; 292 c424-5W

House

House of Commons

The former Yorkshire Regional Health Authority: the inquiry commissioned by the NHS Chief Executive. Public Accounts Committee nineteenth report with proceedings, evidence (previously HC 317-i 1995/96) and appendices.

Type

Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Committee of Public Accounts

Notes

Received 25.03.97; TAGGED FOR DEBATE;CH 20 NOV 1997

Date

17 March 1997

Reference

HC 432 1996/97

House

House of Commons

Official Journal C340 of 12 November 1996, the Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors concerning the financial year 1995 with institutions replies and Official Journal C395 of 31 December 1996, the Court of Auditors Statements of Assurance concerning activities financed from the general budget for 1995, and of 6th and 7th European Development Funds for 1995 with reports and institutions replies

Department

European Standing Committee B

Type

European Committee proceedings

Date

5 March 1997

Reference

European SCB

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

When he plans to begin the process of system audits and computer audits in each site used by contractors providing medical services to the Benefits Agency; and at what intervals he plans to repeat these audits.

Asked by

Lord Howarth of Newport (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 February 1997

Reference

17617; 291 c311W

House

House of Commons

Annual report of the European Court of Auditors and the statement of assurance for 1995. Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Type

House of Commons papers

Notes

Received 04.03.97

Date

27 February 1997

Reference

HC 332 1996/97

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

What proportion of NHS audit activity was devoted to probity audits in (a) 1990 and (b) 1996.

Asked by

Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 February 1997

Reference

17685; 291 c267-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

What audit requirements he intends to impose on the contractors taking over the Benefits Agency Medical Service; in what respects these will differ from the statutory requirements of audit in the private sector; and if he will list the specifications upon which audit of the contractors will be based.

Asked by

Lord Howarth of Newport (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 February 1997

Reference

17177; 291 c206W;291 c207W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

What plans he has for the auditing of the Benefits Agency's performance of its responsibility to ensure that its obligations are met by the companies with which it contacts for medical services.

Asked by

Lord Howarth of Newport (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 February 1997

Reference

17170; 291 c206W;291 c207W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

What methods he intends to use to follow up audit recommendations and requirements in respect of the private sector companies taking over the functions of the Benefits Agency Medical Service; and if the Comptroller and Auditor General will have a right of access to contractors and if he will comment...

Asked by

Lord Howarth of Newport (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 February 1997

Reference

291 c203W;291 c204W; 17178;17436

House

House of Commons

Public Accounts Commission

Answered by

Lord Higgins (Conservative)

Answering body

Public Accounts Commission

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

24 February 1997

Reference

291 c17-8

House

House of Commons

Public Accounts Commission

Answered by

Lord Higgins (Conservative)

Answering body

Public Accounts Commission

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

24 February 1997

Reference

291 c17-8

House

House of Commons

Public Accounts Commission

How many staff of the National Audit Office are employed in auditing expenditure relating to EU programmes.

Asked by

Teddy Taylor (Conservative)

Answering body

Public Accounts Commission

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

24 February 1997

Reference

291 c17-8; 15555

House

House of Commons

Public Accounts Commission

1st supplementary that Audit Commission should produce annual report explaining expenditure as public information service.

Asked by

Teddy Taylor (Conservative)

Answering body

Public Accounts Commission

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

24 February 1997

Reference

291 c17-8

House

House of Commons

Department for Education and Employment: Remploy Limited. Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Type

House of Commons papers

Notes

Received 26.02.97

Date

20 February 1997

Reference

HC 267 1996/97

House

House of Commons

Financial skills in the Northern Ireland departments. Report by Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland.

Type

House of Commons papers

Notes

Received 20.02.97

Date

18 February 1997

Reference

HC 290 1996/97

House

House of Commons

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