HC Deb 22 July 1982 vol 28 cc297-8W
Mr. Latham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will bring up to date the table set out in his reply to the hon. Member for Melton on 3 December 1980, Official Report, c. 277–8, regarding the financing of the National Building Agency until the final dissolution of that body.

Sir George Young

It is not possible to say when the National Building Agency, which is in members voluntary liquidation, will be finally dissolved. The table in the earlier reply is reproduced below, updated to 1982–83.

Financial year Fees and other income grant (£)‡ Grant-in-aid (£) Total ex-penditure (£)¶ Staff in post at 1 April (excluding Board members)●
*1963–64 5,000
1964–65 3,157 196,000 210,771
1965–66 92,783 495,600 457,474 77
1966–67 281,498 500,000 754,324 175
1967–68 210,802 500,000 770,324 215
1968–69 286,304 475,000 758,535 204
1969–70 292,886 450,000 740,003 191
1970–71 459,571 420,000 934,780 188
1971–72 433,986 450,000 884,468 166
1972–73 598,709 200,000 791,510 104
1973–74 740,359 199,000 875,455 137
1974–75 927,316 230,000 1,079,218 164

Financial year Fees and other income excluding grant (£)‡ Grant-in-aid (£) Total ex-penditure(£) Staff in post at 1 April(excluding Board members)●
1975–76 1,409,003 275,000 1,626,273 215
1976–77 1,651,850 330,000 1,914,751 231
1977–78 1,634,120 360,000 1,933,539 218
1978–79 1,988,236 406,000 2,412,470 237
1979–80 2,639,798 479,000 3,117,802 251
1980–81 2,932,217 564,000 3,469,117 235
†1981–82 1,679,884 195
1982–83 ║1,000,000 26
Notes on table:
*There are no figures for fee income, expenditure or staff numbers for 1963–64 because the Agency was registered as a company on 16 March 1964;
† Accounts for 1981–82 are not yet available;
‡ In addition to the figures shown in this column, from 1969–70 to 1973–74 inclusive the Agency received a deficiency grant of about £4,000 a year from the Ministry of Finance, Northern Ireland, to support the establishment of an NBA office in Belfast;
║ Voted provision for 1982–83.
¶ The figures for expenditure include both current expenditure and the amount allocated each year as a contribution to fixed assets;
●Figures for 1965–66 to 1968–69 and 1980–81 to 1982–83 show staff in post as at 31 March or 1 April (as available). Figures for 1969–70 to 1979–80 show average numbers of staff in post over the year; figures for 1 April are not readily available for these years.

Source:

For the grant-in-aid figures, Department of the Environment.

For the other figures, National Building Agency.