§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report the non-departmental public bodies in the educational, arts and science areas of activity that have been established or proposed since May 1979, stating the date of each proposal.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe information requested is as follows:438W
Established Bodies Date Established National Heritage Memorial Fund (jointly with DoE) April 1980 Committee of Honour on Business Sponsorship of the Arts June 1980 Advisory Committee for the Microelectronics Education Programme July 1980 Industrial Scholarships Trust March 1981* Review Group on the Youth Service January 1981† Registrar of Public Lending Right September 1981 National Advisory Body for Local Authority Higher Education February 1982 Bodies Proposed Data proposed Examinations Council April 1982 School curriculum Development Body April 1982 Consortium on Certificate of Prevocational Education May 1982 Trustee Boards for the Victoria and Albert and Science Museums May 1982 * This body grew out of the National Engineering Scholarship Scheme Action Committee which was in existence prior to May 1979.
† This body was wound up in October 1982.