HC Deb 13 July 1989 vol 156 c577W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Minister for the Civil Service how many branches of the Civil Service now have agency status; and in which Departments.

Mr. Richard Luce

[holding answer 11 July 1989]: A total of eight Government activities have been set up as executive agencies. These are:

Agency Department
Vehicle inspectorate Department of Transport
Companies House Department of Trade and Industry
HMSO
National weights and measures laboratory Department of Trade and Industry
Warren Spring laboratory Department of Trade and Industry
Resettlement agency Department of Social Security
Civil Service College Office of the Minister for the Civil Service
QEII conference centre Property Services Agency

I shall be making a full progress report to the House shortly.