Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Pauline Wallace, Chair of the UK Endorsement Board, was involved in defending PwC against the Financial Reporting Council’s action in respect of PwC’s audit of Mayflower plc; and if so, whether she worked with Mike Ashley as part of that defence.

Pauline Wallace was at partner at PwC between 2002 and 2013. The judgement for the tribunal between the Accountancy Investigation and Discipline Board and PwC was provided in 2006 and is available on the FRC’s website. HM Government does not hold information on whether Pauline Wallace had any involvement in the tribunal.