§ Mr. Rostasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will estimate, in the case of each quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organisation for which he is responsible, the total expenditure for each year to 1977–78 since its establishment.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThere is no official definition of a "Quango". The following expenditure, figures in respect of the National Economic Development Office (NEDO) have been taken from the Appropriation Accounts published each year.
NEDO was set up in December 1961 and the expenditure since then for each financial year has been as follows:
£ 1961–62 4,825 1962–63 105,477 1963–64 159,398 1964–65 206,006 1965–66 252,411 1966–67 429,843 1967–68 602,674 1968–69 712,599 1969–70 838,439 1970–71 622,692 1971–72 841,391 1972–73 956,158 1973–74 1,012,659 1974–75 1,265,963 1975–76 1,694,719 1967–77 1,687,286 1977–78 1,853,249