HC Deb 23 May 1986 vol 98 cc351-2W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Prime Minister (1) if she will list the quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations established by Her Majesty's Government;

(2) how many quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations have been abolished since 1979.

The Prime Minister

From 1979 to April 1985, 756 non-departmental public bodies (quangos) have been abolished, rationalised or substantially reduced. In the same period 242 bodies have been created. The net reduction is therefore 514. Listed below are those bodies created since April 1983. Similar information for earlier years was not compiled centrally and could now only be reconstructed at disproportionate cost.

Non-Departmental Public Bodies established April 1983-April 1985

Ministry of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food (10)

  • Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committee
  • Area VII White Fish Industry Advisory Committee
  • Food Advisory Committee
  • 6 Priorities Boards for Research and Development in Agriculture and Food
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Office of Arts and Libraries (2)

  • Science Museum
  • Victoria and Albert Museum

Ministry of Defence (3)

  • Meteorological Office Research Sub-Committee
  • Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth
  • Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport

Department of Education and Science (8)

  • Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
  • Economic and Social Research Council
  • Open University Visiting Committee
  • Schools Curriculum Development Committee
  • Secondary Examinations Council
  • Visiting Committee for Cranfield Institute of Technology
  • Visiting Committee for the Royal College of Art
  • Voluntary Sector Consultative Council

Department of Employment (7)

  • Advisory Committee on Genetic Manipulation
  • 5 Area Manpower Boards
  • National Steering Group for Local Collaborative Projects Under the Adult Training Strategy

Department of Energy (1)

Renewable Energy Advisory Committee

Department of the Environment (6)

  • Audit Commission for Local Authorities in England and Wales
  • Black Country Limestone Advisory Panel
  • Board of Trustees for the Amouries
  • Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England
  • London and Metropolitan Government Staff Commission
  • 1 Region Council for Sport and Recreation

Department of Health and Social Services (17)

  • Cardiology Liaison Committee
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  • Computers in Dentistry Steering Group
  • Expert Advisory Group on AIDS
  • Joint FPC Working Group on Personnel
  • Joint FPC Working Group on Financial Arrangements
  • Joint Group on Performance Indicators
  • Medical Boarding Centres (Respiratory Diseases)
  • National Property Advisory Group
  • Neurosciences Liaison Committee
  • Review of Artificial Limb and Appliance Centres
  • Review of Child Care Law Working Party
  • Social Security Appeal Tribunals
  • Steering Committee on Review of Health and Personal Social Services Works Function and Review Team
  • Supraregionial Services Advisory Group
  • Training Allowance Advisory Committee
  • Working Group for the Revision of the Electrical Safety Code for Hospital Laboratory Equipment
  • Working Party on Continuing Education for General Practitioners

Home Office (28)

  • Office of the Data Protection Registrar
  • 27 Parole Board and Local Review Committees

Northern Ireland Office and Departments (10)

  • Clinical Engineering and Medical Physics Services Advisory Committee
  • Clinical Imaging Services Advisory Committee
  • Committee for Centre for Education Management
  • Committee for Nature Conservation
  • 3 Committees for the Employment of Disabled People
  • Fair Employment Appeals Board
  • General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
  • Laboratory Services Advisory Committee

Scottish Courts Administration (2)

  • Lands Tribunal for Scotland
  • Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Scotland

Scottish Office (3)

  • 1 Local Review Committee for Her Majesty's Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions
  • Scottish Vocational Education Council
  • Scottish Tertiary Education Advisory Council

Office of Telecommunications (3)

3 Advisory Committees on Telecommunications (for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.)

Department of Trade and Industry (2)

  • London Regional Passengers' Committee
  • Persons hearing Estate Agents Licensing Appeals

Department of Transport (2)

  • Honorary Medical Advisory Panel for Driving and Disorders of the Nervous System
  • Panel of Advisers on Disability

Her Majesty's Treasury (2)

  • Nurses', Midwives' and other NHS Professions' Review Body
  • Pharmacists' Review Panel

Welsh Office (5)

  • All Wales Advisory Panel on Development of Services for Mentally Handicapped People
  • Committee for Under Fives Initiative
  • Health Education Advisory Committee for Wales
  • Perinatal Mortality Survey Group
  • Welsh Computer Strategy Committee