Communities and Local Government

Robert Neill Excerpts

Wednesday 18th May 2011 Ministerial Corrections

[Eric Ollerenshaw]

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 26 April 2011, Official Report, column 195W, on the Government Procurement Card, which Audit Commission transactions on the Government Procurement Card in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 were made by each director and board member of the Commission.

[Official Report, 10 May 2011, Vol. 527, c. 1175-77W.]

Letter of correction from Mr Robert Neill:

An error has been identified in the answer given to the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Eric Ollerenshaw) on 10 May 2011.

The full answer given was as follows:

[Robert Neill]

This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the chief executive of the Audit Commission to respond to my hon. Friend direct.

Letter from Eugene Sullivan, dated 10 May 2011:

Your Parliamentary Question has been passed to me to reply.

The following table lists transactions made on the Government Procurement Card for 2008/09 and 2009/10 by the Audit Commission's Chief Executive and Chairman. No other directors or Commissioners hold cards.

No transactions were made between January and March 2010.

[Robert Neill]

This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the chief executive of the Audit Commission to respond to my hon. Friend direct.

Letter from Eugene Sullivan, dated 17 May 2011:

Your Parliamentary Question has been passed to me to reply.

The following table lists transactions made on the Government Procurement Card for 2008/09 and 2009/10 by the Audit Commission's Chief Executive and Chairman. No other directors or Commissioners hold cards.

No transactions were made between January and March 2010.