§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Minister for the Civil Service, pursuant to his answer of 4 December 1990,Official Report, csolumns 85–86, if he will list in the Official Report, any further units of central Government that are under consideration for agency status, their parent department, and the numbers of staff employed.
§ Mr. RentonThe current list of activities announced as candidates for agency status, together with their parent departments and staff employed is as follows:
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Candidate name Parent department Staff Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland 200 Social Security Operations Northern Ireland 5,000 23 in number 22,840 Inland Revenue6 (excluding Valuation Office) 2 59,800 82,640 1 Agency candidates publicly identified as under consideration since 4 December 1990. Staffing figures were current on the date of announcement. 2 Independent Government Department. 3 From 1 April 1993 the agency is estimated to require 4,500 staff, 1,500 of which will come from the Social Security Benefits Agency. 4 Defence Support Agency. Figure does not include service personnel. 5 Trading Fund. 6 Moving towards full operation on Next Step lines in accordance with the Action Plan of February 1991: 33 Executive Offices by April 1992, each with a Framework Document, sharper accountabilities and wider managerial freedoms. Staffing Figures are based on staff in post I October 1990.
§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Minister for the Civil Service, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Mid-Kent (Mr. Rowe)Official Report, 15 April, column 37–39, if he will list, for all the executive agencies listed therein, their parent Department and the date on which they were established.
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Agency Name Parent Department Established Building Research Establishment Environment 2 April 1990 Cadw (Welsh Historic Monuments) Welsh Office 1 April 1991 Central Office of Information1 2 5 April 1990 Central Veterinary Laboratory Agriculture 2 April 1990 Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment3 Defence 1 April 1991 Civil Service College OMCS 6 June 1989 Companies House Trade and Industry 3 October 1988 Defence Research Agency Defence 1 April 1991 Directorate General of Defence Accounts3 Defence 1 April 1991 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Transport 2 April 1990 Driving Standards Agency Transport 2 April 1990 Employment Service Employment 2 April 1990 Forensic Science Service Home Office 1 April 1991 Historic Royal Palaces Environment 1 October 1989 Historic Scotland Scottish Office 1 April 1991 HMSO1 2 14 December 1988 Hydrographic Office3 Defence 6 April 1990 Information Technology Services Agency Social Security 2 April 1990 Insolvency Service Trade and Industry 21 March 1990 Intervention Board 2 2 April 1990 Laboratory of the Government Chemist Trade and Industry 30 October 1989 Land Registry 2 2 July 1990 Meteorological Office Defence 2 April 1990 Military Survey3 Defence 1 April 1991 National Engineering Laboratory Trade and Industry 5 October 1990 National Physical Laboratory Trade and Industry 3 July 1990 National Weights and Measures Laboratory Trade and Industry 18 April 1989 Natural Resources Institute ODA 2 April 1990 NHS Estates Health 1 April 1991 Occupational Health Service OMCS 2 April 1990 Ordnance Survey 2 1 May 1990 Patent Office Trade and Industry 1 March 1990 Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Environment 6 July 1990 Radiocommunications Agency Trade and Industry 2 April 1990 RAF Maintenance3 Defence 1 April 1991 Rate Collection Agency Northern Ireland 1 April 1991 Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency OMCS 1 April 1991 Registers of Scotland 2 6 April 1990 Resettlement Agency Social Security 24 May 1990 Royal Mint1 2 2 April 1990 Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency Scottish Office 1 April 1991 Service Children's Schools (North West Europe)3 Defence I April 1991 Social Security Benefits Agency Social Security 2 April 1991 Social Security Contributions Agency Social Security 2 April 1991 Training and Employment Agency Northern Ireland 2 April 1990
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Agency Name Parent Department Established United Kingdom Passport Agency Home Office 2 April 1991 Vehicle Certification Agency Transport 2 April 1990 Vehicle Inspectorate1 Transport 1 August 1988 Veterinary Medicines Directorate Agriculture 2 April 1990 Warren Spring Laboratory Trade and Industry 20 April 1989 50 in Number Customs and Excise4 (30 Executive Units): established April 1991 2 1 Trading Funds. 2 Independent Government Department. 3 Defence Support Agency. Figure does not include service personnel. 4 Moving towards full operation on Next Steps lines following publication of Framework Documents.