§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of total expenditure by non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1993–94; and what projections he has made for future years. [11442]
§ Mr. Waldegrave[holding answer 17 January 1997]: No information is held centrally on the total expenditure of non-departmental public bodies, or of projections for 541W their total expenditure in future years. We do not do so because the annual public expenditure survey does not distinguish explicitly between direct expenditure by Departments and expenditure of the NDPBs they sponsor. "Public Bodies 1996", published by the Cabinet Office in December 1996, includes information about the gross expenditure of executive non-departmental public bodies in 1993–94,1994–95 and 1995–96.