§ Mr. Allan Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report those bodies for which his Department has responsibility, dividing the list into those which are of a consumer or advisory nature and those which have other functions.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information requested is published in "Non-Departmental Public Bodies—Facts and Figures 1980"—Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1981.
The number of wages councils has since been reduced from 34 to 33, and the 220 disablement advisory committees have been replaced by 87 committees for the employment of disabled people. A new advisory body, the Certification Board for Diver Training, has been set up.