To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to paragraph 11, page 33 of his Department’s resource accounts for 2006-07, to what extent each of his Department’s five assurance standards were met in 2006-07, broken down by directorate. (178275)

The Statement of Internal Control sets out how the Department has met the assurance standards and the control issues identified.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to paragraph 33, page 36 of his Department’s resource accounts for 2006-07, what the 199 significant control issues were, broken down by reporting trust. (178280)

The 199 significant control issues reported by national health service trusts and primary care trusts in their Statements of Internal Control for 2006-07, and referred to in the Department’s resource accounts for 2006-07, a copy of their statements has been placed in the Library.