Departmental Finance

Mr. Hoban
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what procedures are followed in his Department on signing off policies with significant financial implications for his Department, with particular reference to the role of the finance director.

Mr. Bob Ainsworth
The procedures that are followed and factors that are taken into account when introducing new policies are set out in Managing Public Money, box 4.7. The main duties and responsibilities of departmental finance directors are set out in Annex 4.1 of Managing Public Money.

Copies of Managing Public Money have been placed in the Library of the House and are available on line at:

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