House of Commons - Public Accounts - Thirty-Seventh Report

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Public Accounts - Thirty-Seventh Report

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 26 July 1999.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

REPORT

Introduction and Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations
What went wrong at Halton College and why
What is being done to ensure that similar problems have not occurred elsewhere
Other financial matters
Governance and management

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE (HC 413-i (98-99))

Monday 26 April 1999

MEMORANDUM INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
1 Memorandum by the Further Education Funding Council (PAC/162)

Witnesses
Mr Michael Bichard, Permanent Secretary, the Department for Education and Employment
Professor David Melville, Chief Executive, The Further Education Funding Council
Mr John Bolton, Acting Principal and Mr David Taylorson, Chairman of the Corporate Board, Halton College
Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General
Mr Glenn Hull, Second Treasury Officer of Accounts

APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
1 Supplementary memorandum by the Further Education Funding Council (PAC/203)
2 Supplementary memorandum by the Further Education Funding Council (PAC/204)
3 Press Notice by the Department for Education and Employment (PAC/182)
4 Letter and memorandum from the Further Education Funding Council (PAC/210)
5 Memorandum by Halton College (PAC/234)
6 Letter from the Further Education Funding Council (PAC/258)



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