HC Deb 29 June 1994 vol 245 cc625-6W
Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department which are required to lay their annual reports before Parliament.

Mr. Hanley

There is no formal requirement for any of my Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies to lay their annual reports before Parliament. The annual reports in respect of the Dartmoor steering group and working party and the Review Board for Government Contracts have, however, been placed in the Library of the House on previous occasions.

Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which are required to produce annual reports.

Mr. Hanley

The following advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by my Department are required in their terms of reference to produce an annual report:

  1. (i) The Dartmoor Steering Group and Working Party;
  2. (ii) The Defence Scientific Advisory Council and Committee;
  3. (iii) The Review Board for Government Contracts;
  4. (iv) The Independent Board of Visitors for the Military Corrective Training Centre.

Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the advisory bodies which he has set up in his Department since the publication of "Public Bodies 1993".

Mr. Hanley

No advisory non-departmental public body has been established by my Department since the publication of "Public Bodies 1993".

Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department which have a statutory basis.

Mr. Hanley

Only two of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by my Department have a statutory basis. They are:

  1. (a) The Dartmoor Steering Group and Working Party was established on a statutory basis under Command No. 6837.
  2. (b) The Independent Board of Visitors was established in accordance with the Naval Detention Quarters Rules 1973 for the RN Detention Quarters, and the imprisonment and Detention Rules Army 1979 for Military Corrective Training Centres.

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