To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what date her Department received the Report of the National Audit Office of 4 December 2006, into Handling Staff Grievances at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and what the reason was for the delay in placing the report (a) on her Department’s intranet site and (b) in the Library. (113706)

A paper copy of the report by the National Audit Office (NAO) into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) Grievance Procedures was received on 5 December. The NAO was also asked to supply an electronic version for the FCO’s intranet site. This was received on 18 December and added to the intranet on 19 December. The report was made available to staff through the weekly bulletin the next day.

Copies of the NAO report were placed in the Library of the House on 20 December, the date on which it was announced to FCO staff through the intranet.