HC Deb 15 May 1995 vol 260 cc101-2W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales which non-departmental public bodies within the responsibility of his Department are subject to scrutiny by(a) ombudsmen, (b) the National Audit Office, (c) the Audit Commission and (d) other monitoring officers; which are covered by citizens charters; in which performance indicators apply; and in which members are liable to surcharge. [23954]

Mr. Redwood

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Cannock and Burntwood (Dr. Wright) on 25 April,Official Report, column 514. None of the members of these bodies is liable to surcharge.

Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list all other non-departmental public bodies set up with effect from the same time as the Countryside Council for Wales; and if he will list which of them have had financial management and policy reviews(a) commenced and (b) completed. [24386]

Mr. Redwood

No other executive non-departmental public bodies were established at the same time as the Countryside Council for Wales.

Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales on how many occasions action plans relating to non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have been published during the course of a bank holiday weekend; and if he will list those NDPBs involved and the dates concerned during the past four years. [24382]

Mr. Redwood

The action plan for the Countryside Council for Wales was published on Saturday 6 May 1995. Action plans are published at the earliest possible opportunity. No other publication date within the past four years has coincided with a public bank holiday.