HC Deb 20 October 1994 vol 248 cc293-4W
Mr. Raynsford

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list the non-departmental public bodies to which her Department makes appointments in the Greater London area, together with the total annual budget for each body and the number of appointments made or renewed for each body in each of the last five years.

Mr. Boswell

The information requested is given in the table.

Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research (CILT)
Year Annual DFE Grant Aid Appointments and Re-appointment by the Secretary of State
1990–91 £535,000 4
1991–92 £652,000 3
1992–93 £949,000 2
1993–94 £857,000 4
1994–95 £832,000 1

Includes one appointment made by the Secretary of State for Scotland.

Further Education Unit (FEU)
Year Annual DFE Grant Aid Appointments and Re appointment by the Secretary of State
1990–91 £2,840,000 3
1991–92 £3,030,000 8
1992–93 £3,620,000 3
1993–94 £3,550,000 12
1994–95 £3,550,000 13

Further Education Funding Council (FEFC), Greater London Regional Committee Established in 1993
Year Appointments and Re appointments by the Secretary of State
1993–94 10
1994–95 1

The FEFC Regional Committees do not have separate budgets. Their budgets are contained within the FEFC budget.

School curriculum and assessment authority (SCAA) Established on 1 October 1993
Year Annual DFE Grant Aid Appointments and Re-appointments by the Secretary of State
1993–94 1£18,400,000 15
1994–95 2£29,600,000 15
1 Part-Year.
2 Estimated.
Special Education Needs (SEN) Tribunal Established on 1 September 1994
Year Annual DFE Grant Aid Appointments and Re-appointments by the Secretary of State
1994–95 1£775,204 79
1 Part-year.

Appointments were made to the SEN tribunal to sit on hearings throughout England, effective from the Tribunal's creation. Whilst the Tribunal's HQ is in London, the hearings will take place across the country, as and when needed, and members will be paid on a per diem basis. Of the 79 members, 18 live in the Greater London area. These 18 members will not necessarily be assigned to hearings in the Greater London area.

Teacher Training Agency (TTA) Established on 21 September 1994
Year Annual DFE Grant Aid Appointments and Re appointments by the Secretary of State
1994–95 1£2,000,000 211
1Budget includes the costs of establishing the Agency part year.
2To date.
University Commissioners
Year Annual DFE Grant Aid Appointments and Re-appointments by the Secretary of State
1991–91 £185,529 5
1991–92 £201,851 5
1992–93 £243,823 5
1993–94 £255,124 5
Costs for 1994–95 arising from residual work are being met on a contingency basis.

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