Departmental Accountancy

Mr. Hurd
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether any written instructions have been provided to his Department's Accounting Officer in accordance with paragraph 5.5 of the Ministerial Code since May 1997.

Dan Norris
Each accounting officer receives a copy of chapter 3 of Managing Public Money (the Accounting Officer Memorandum), which includes instructions on ministerial directions.