HC Deb 18 June 1980 vol 986 c535W
Mr. Philip Holland

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the cost to his Department of providing secretariat and executive support services for each non-departmental public body to which he appoints members other than civil servants.

Mr. Heseltine

Details of my Department's expenditure on these bodies were included in part three of the "Report on Non-Departmental Public Bodies" (Cmnd. 7797, pp. 149–151). Precise information about secretariat and executive support services could be provided only at disproportionate expense.