§ Mr. CashTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list those bodies currently with agency status within his department under the next steps initiative; and whether he has identified any further candidates for agency status under the initiative within his Department.
§ Mr. David MellorI refer my hon. Friend to the Minister for the Civil Service's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Kent (Mr. Rowe) on 30 April 1991, at columns111–13. Within Her Majesty's Treasury the Chessington computer centre, which provides computerised payroll and other services to Government departments and other customers, is due to become an agency on 1 April 1993. Of the other Chancellor's Departments the Central Office of Information, Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the Royal Mint have been established as agencies. The Valuation Offices of the 472W Inland Revenue will be established as a single agency from 30 September 1991. The Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise are implementing announced programmes of action which will enable them to operate fully on next steps lines.