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175662

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date	26/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost has been to the public purse of independent policy advisers across all government departments since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	221941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Independent policy advisers is not a category of staff or profession that is recognised in the Civil Service<strong>.</strong> Departments may commission policy advice externally including through the Contestable Policy programme. Comprehensive details are not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 02/02/2015 17:54:54 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

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date	26/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Institutions: Audit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on measures to reduce error in the accounts of the EU to a point at which they will not be qualified by the European Court of Auditors.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	221938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Financial management of the EU budget remains a serious concern for this Government. Council discussions are currently taking place on this important issue ahead of the vote on discharge of the 2013 EU budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to work with like-minded Member States to send a clear signal that financial management must improve and to call on the Commission and the European Court of Auditors to set out a strategy that will allow EU budget expenditure to be granted an unqualified Statement of Assurance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 02/02/2015 17:45:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell