Quangos

HC Deb 06 April 1989 vol 150 c271W

Mr. McCrindle

To ask the Prime Minister if she will list the number of quangos abolished for each year since 1979 to the present date.

The Prime Minister

The numbers abolished are as follows:

	Number
1979–83	608
1983–84	73
1984–85	75
1985–86	60
1986–87	81
1987–88	40

Information relating to individual years 1979–83 is not available. Figures relate to 1 April each year. Information for 1988–89 will be published in December in "Public Bodies 1989".