HC Deb 23 January 1980 vol 977 cc212-3W
Mr. Philip Holland

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report the bodies to which he appoints members other than civil servants whose abolition has been announced since May; and if he will list in each case the cash savings that will result and the number of appointed members whose appointments will be terminated.

Mr. Mark Carlisle

On the question of cash savings I refer my hon. Friend to the "Report on Non-Departmental Public Bodies", published as Cmnd. 7797 and presented to Parliament on 16 January 1980. I make the following numbers of appointments to the bodies listed in that report as being abolished or due to complete their work over the next few years:

Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education 23
Centre for Information and Advice on Educational Disadvantage 28
Cockcroft Committee of Inquiry into the Teaching of Mathematics in 4Schools 19
Rampton Committee of Inquiry into the Education of Children from Ethnic Minority Groups 22
Youth Service Forum (abolished in July 1979) 7