Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 April 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 July 2002. It was answered by Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 July 2002 on behalf of the Scotland Office.

Scotland Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the 2000 Spending Review Service Delivery Agreements targets, if a three year rolling audit programme of local authorities by the Food Standards Agency in Scotland began in April 2001; and if a third of Scottish authorities were audited in 2001-02.

Answer: Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland with reference to the 2000 Spending Review service delivery agreement targets, if a three-year rolling audit programme of local authorities by the Food Standards Agency in Scotland began in April 2001; and if a third of Scottish authorities were audited in 2001-02. [49073] Mrs. Liddell: This is a matter for Scottish Ministers, but I understand that the local authority audit programme undertaken by the Food Standards Agency Scotland commenced in April 2001. The three-year rolling programme consists of each Scottish local authority receiving an annual partial audit, equating to a full audit over the three-year programme, and the target was met in 2001-02.

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