§ Lord Trefgarneasked Her Majesty's Government:
What conclusions they have reached following their consideration of the Surveyor General's Organisation as a possible candidate for Executive Agency status.
The Earl of Caithness: We have decided that the Surveyor General's Organisation (SGO) should be a candidate for Executive Agency status. The necessary preparatory work is in hand with a view to the organisation becoming an agency on 1st April 1994. The agency will be called the Marine Safety Agency. The preparatory work will include consideration of contracting out the survey and certification work currently done by the SGO to classification societies or other organisations, on which we intend shortly to issue a consultation document.