Non-departmental Public Bodies (Hansard, 12 July 1984)

§ Sir Philip Holland
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible and which have been abolished, or whose abolition has been announced, since the publication of "Public Bodies 1983."

§ Mr. Fowler
In addition to the 13 whose merger or abolition by October last year was recorded in "Public Bodies 1983", the following non-departmental public bodies for which I am responsible have been, or are to be, merged or abolished:

Committee of Management of the School for Dental Therapists Ltd.

Advisory Committee on Audiological Equipment

Advisory Committee on Vocational Training Allowance^*

Advisory Group on Cardiothoracic Equipment

Advisory Group on Orthopaedic Implants†

Advisory Panel on Anaesthetic Equipment

Committee on Radiation from Radioactive Medicinal Products†

Informal Working Group on Effective Prescribing

Joint Committee on the Medical Aspects of Water Quality†

Laser Safety Working Party†

Pacemaker Advisory Group

Postgraduate Training Allowance Advisory Committee^*

National Insurance Local Tribunals‡

Supplementary Benefit Appeal Tribunals‡

Boards of Governors of Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals

^* Merged to form the Training Allowance Advisory Committee

†Merger or abolition determined but not effected

‡Merged to form Social Security Appeal Tribunals

§ Sir Philip Holland
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that have been introduced or announced too late to be included in the list published in "Public Bodies 1983."

§ Mr. Fowler
Since April 1983 the following non-departmental public bodies for which I am responsible have been introduced:

Computers in Dentistry Steering Group

Joint Group on Performance Indicators

Mental Health Act Commission

National Property Advisory Group

Rural Dispensing Committee

Steering Committee on the Review of the Health and Personal Social Services Works Function

Social Security Appeal Tribunals

Supra-Regional Services Advisory Group>

Training Allowance Advisory Committee

Working Group for the Review of the Electrical Safety Code on Hospital Laboratory Equipment