§ Mr. HindTo ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the "next steps" agencies created since 1 January 1990; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RentonSince 1 January 1990, 24 "next steps" agencies have been established and these are listed in the table. In total 34 agencies have been set up covering some 80,000 staff. The project is continuing to make excellent progress: we expect there to be about 50 agencies by this summer and by the end of the year we expect that "next steps" will apply to about half the civil service.
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Agencies established since 1 January 1990 Executive agencies Staff number Building Research Establishment 690 Central Office of Information 730 Central Veterinary Laboratory 580 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 5,450 Driving Standards Agency 2,200 Employment Service 33,500 Hydrographic Office1 880 Information Technology Services Agency 3,350 Insolvency Service 1,450 Intervention Board 910 Land Registry 10,400 Meteorological Office 2,250 National Engineering Laboratory 430 National Physical Laboratory 820 Natural Resources Institute 90 Occupational Health Service 100 Ordnance Survey 2,500 Patent Office 150 Radiocommunications Agency 500 Registers of Scotland 1,100 Royal Mint 1,050 Training and Employment Agency2 1,700 Vehicle Certification Agency 90 Veterinary Medicines Directorate 70 Total of 24 in number 72,290 1 Defence Support Agency. Figure does not include service personnel. 2 Northern Ireland Civil Service. Figures based on Staff in Post as at 1 October 1990.