§ Mr. KaufmanTo ask the Prime Minister if he will list the next steps agencies established by this Government since 1979.
§ The Prime Minister[holding answer 22 October 1992]: The information requested is set out.
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Next Steps—executive agencies established since 1979 Agency Launch date Accounts Services Agency 1 October 1991 ADAS Agency 1 April 1992 Building Research Establishment 2 April 1990 Cadw (Welsh Historic Monuments) 2 April 1991 Central office of Information 5 April 1990 Central Science Laboratory 1 April 1992 Central Statistical Office 19 November 1991 Central Veterinary Laboratory 2 April 1990 Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment 2 April 1991 Civil Service College 6 June 1989 Companies House 3 October 1988 Compensation Agency 1 April 1992 Customs and Excise (30 Executive Units) 1 April 1991 Defence Analytical Services Agency 1 July 1992 Defence Operational Analysis Centre 1 July 1992 Defence Postal and Courber Services 1 July 1992 Defence Research Agency 2 April 1991 Directorate General of Defence Accounts 1 April 1991 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 2 April 1990 Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency 1 April 1992 Driving Standards Agency 2 April 1990 Duke of York's Royal Militarv School 1 April 1992 DVOIT 1 April 1992 Employment Service 2 April 1990 Fire Service College 1 April 1992 Forensic Science Service 1 April 1991 Historic Royal Palaces 1 October 1989 Historic Scotland 2 April 1991 HMSO 14 December 1988 Hydrographic Office 6 April 1990 Inland Revenue (34 Executive Offices) 1 April 1992 Insolvency Service 21 March 1990 Intervention Board 2 April 1990 Laboratory of the Government Chemist 30 October 1989 Land Registry 2 July 1990 Medicines Control Agency 11 July 1991 Meteorological Office 2 April 1990 Military Survey 2 April 1991 National Engineering Laboratory 5 October 1990 National Physical Laboratory 3 July 1990 National Weights and Measures Laboratory 18 April 1989 Natural Resources Institute 2 April 1990 Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation 1 April 1992 NHS Estates 1 April 1991 Occupational Health Service 2 April 1990 Ordnance Survey 1 May 1990 Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland 1 April 1992 Patent Office 1 March 1990 Planning Inspectorate 1 April 1992 Public Record Office 1 April 1992 Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 6 July 1989 Queen Victoria School 1 April 1992 Radiocommunications Agency 2 April 1990 RAF Maintenance 2 April 1991 Rate Collection Agency 1 April 1992 Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency 2 April 1991 Registers of Scotland 6 April 1990 Royal Mint 2 April 1990 Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 1 April 1992 Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency 12 April 1991 Service Children's Schools (North West Europe) 24 April 1991 Social Security Agency (NI) 1 April 1992 Social Security Benefits Agency 2 April 1991 Social SecOrity Contributions Agency 2 April 1991
Agency Launch date Social Security Information Technology Services Agency 2 April 1990 Social Security Resettlement Agency 24 May 1989 Teachers' Pensions Agency 1 April 1992 The Buying Agency 31 October 1991 Training & Employment Agency (NI) 2 April 1990 Transport Research Laboratory 2 April 1992 United Kingdom Passport Agency 2 April 1991 Valuation Office 30 September 1991 Vehicle Certification Agency 2 April 1990 Vehicle Inspectorate 1 August 1988 Veterinary Medicines Directorate 2 April 1990 Warren Spring Laboratory 20 April 1989 Wilton Park Conference Centre 1 September 1991