§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the costs of the bodies listed in his answer, Official Report, 11 June, column 96; if he will list the chairmen and members of each of them; and what action he proposes to reduce the numbers and costs of such bodies.
§ Dr. VaughanFull information about the costs and membership of the bodies listed in my right hon. Friend's reply to the hon. Member for Nottingham, West (Mr. English) on 11 June is not held 493W centrally and could be collected only at disproportionate cost.—[Vol. 968, c. 96–8.] Some information about the costs of some of the bodies is, however, available and
Expenditure 1978–79 Estimated Actual £ £ Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances … … … … 36* Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards … … … … 17,064* Advisory Committee on Irradiation of Food … … … … Nil* Advisory Committee on Vocational Training Allowances … … Nil* Advisory Council on Services for Hearing-Imparired People … … 528* Attendance Allowance Board … … … … … … 113,000† British Pharmacopoeia Commission … … … … … 28,000* Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions … … … … 9,500‡ Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work … … 1,417,000† Central Health Service Council and its Standing Advisory Committees 9,000* Committee on Review of Medicines … … … … … 17,000* Committee on Safety of Medicines … … … … … 90,000* Consultative Committee on EEC Food Hygiene and Safety Matters … 22* Consumers Consultative Group on Artificial Limbs … … … 56* Council for Post-Graduate Medical Education in England and Wales 190,000† Dangerous Pathogens Advisory Group … … … … … 4,717* Dental Estimates Board … … … … … … … 6,607,000† Dental Rates Study Group … … … … … … … 3,697* Development Team for the Mentally Handicapped … … … 8,610* Food Hygiene Advisory Council … … … … … … Nil* General Practice Finance Corporation … … … … … 9,000* Health Education Council … … … … … … … 3,537,000† † Health Services Board … … … … … … … 147,000† † Independent Scientific Committee on Smoking and Health … … 1,026* Industrial Injuries Advisory Council … … … … … 4,500* London Health Planning Consortium … … … … … 2,581* Medical Appeal Tribunals … … … … … … … 430,000‡ Medical Practices Committee … … … … … … 140,000† Medicines Commission … … … … … … … 20,000* Mental Health Review Tribunals … … … … … … 92,000‡ National Biological Standards Board … … … … … 2,067,000† National Consultative Committee to the European Social Development Programme Nil* National Development Group for the Mentally Handicapped … … 7,381* National Insurance Advisory Committee … … … … … 3,000* National Insurance Local Tribunals … … … … … 525,000‡ National Radiological Protection Board … … … … … 1,932,000† NHS Computer Policy Committee … … … … … 745* NHS National Staff Committees and National Training Council … 19,706* NHS Tribunal … … … … … … … … 7,000† Occupational Pensions Board … … … … … … 1,900,000† Personal Social Services Council … … … … … … 128,000† Post Graduate Training Allowance Advisory Committee … … Nil* Prescription Pricing Authority … … … … … … 7,005,000† Public Health Laboratory Services Board … … … … 13,137,000§ Regional and Area Health Authorities and Boards of Governors … 240,000,000║ Supplementary Benefits Commission … … … … … 37,000† Supplementary Benefits Appeal Tribunals … … … … 550,000‡ Training Council for Orthotists … … … … … … 4,002* Training Council for Training of Receptionists in General Practice … Nil* Transplant Management Committee … … … … … 543* * Fees and expenses only. † Fees, expenses and administrative coasts. ‡ Expenses of persons attending tribunals also included. § Total cost of service provided. ║ Total administrative costs of the Regional and Area Health Authorities and the Boards of Governors of Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals.