Government Departments: Ministerial Code Question Asked by Lord Laird To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Myners on 8 March (WA 12), which departments and ministers were involved in the 16 written instructions provided by ministers to accounting officers since 2005; and what were the matters requiring such instructions. [HL3225] The Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Myners) The information sought is set out below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Date|Dept |Minister |Direction |Category | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005|DTI (now BIS) |Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP |Launch Investment |VFM | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006|MoD |Rt Hon John Reid MP |The Armed Forces Memorial |Propriety | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2008|BERR (now Bas)|Rt Hon John Hutton M P |Launch Investment |VFM | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2008|MoD |Rt Hon Des Browne MP |Remploy Procurement |VFM | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2008|HMT |Rt Hon Alastair Darling MP|Landsbanki |VFM | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2009|BERR (now BIS)|Lord Mandelson |Icelandic Water Trawlermen Scheme |VFM | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2009|BERR (now BIS)|Lord Mandelson |Advantage West Midlands Loan |VFM | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2009|MoD |Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP |Repatriation Flights for UK Hostages in Iraq |Propriety | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2009|MoD |Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP |Repatriation Flights for UK Hostages in Iraq |Propriety | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2009|DEFRA |Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP |Dairy Farmers of Britain |VFM | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2009|BERR (now BIS)|Lord Mandelson |Leeds Arena Project |VFM | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2009|BERR (now BIS)|Lord Mandelson |Car Scrappage Scheme |VFM | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2009|BERR (now BIS)|Lord Mandelson |Car Scrappage Scheme |VFM | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2009|HMT |Rt Hon Alastair Darling MP|Asset Protection Scheme |Propriety | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2010|DCLG |Rt Hon John Denham MP |Proposals for new unitary local Government structures for Devon, Norfolk and Suffolk|VFM | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2010|MoJ |Rt Hon Jack Straw MP |Pleural Plaques |Regularity and VFM| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------