PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Committees (17 June 2014)

To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how many meetings of the Audit Committees has been held in each of the previous sessions of the current Parliament; and how many meetings each member has attended.

Asked by:
Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)

The House of Commons has two Audit Committees with the same membership, one for each of its Estimates: the Administration Estimate Audit Committee (AEAC) and the Members Estimate Audit Committee (MEAC). The House of Commons Administration Estimate covers the staff of the House and its running costs (the “House of Commons Service”). The Members Estimate covers certain expenditure relating to Members such as Members pensions and “Short money”.

Information about the Committees' activities is recorded on the basis of financial year, rather than Parliamentary sessions. Both Committees met six times during the financial year 2013–14. Committee members' attendance at these meetings is set out, and was the same for both Committees.

Member	Total number of meetings attended
Dame Janet Gaymer DBE (Chair)	3/3
Alex Jablonowski (Chair)	3/3
Stephen Brooker	6/6
Angela Eagle MP	0/6
Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst MP	6/6
John Thurso MP	5/6
Barbara Scott	5/6

Information on previous financial years is in the Committees' annual reports which are at:

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/other-committees/administration-estimate-audit/publications/

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/other-committees/members-estimate-audit/publications/

Individual members' attendance has been recorded in the annual reports only since financial year 2011–12. For earlier years this can be derived from the minutes of the meetings, which are also available on the Parliament Website.

Answered by:
Viscount Thurso (Liberal Democrat)
20 June 2014