§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will update the list of next steps agencies.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe information requested is as follows:338W
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Next Steps Agencies established to date Agency Launch date Accounts Services Agency 1 October 1991 ADAS Agency 1 April 1992 Army Base Repair Organisation 1 April 1993 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 Chessington Computer Centre 1 April 1993 Civil Service College 6 June 1989 Companies House 3 October 1988 Compensation Agency 1 April 1992 Defence Analytical Services Agency 1 July 1992 Defence Operational Analysis Centre 1 July 1992 Defence Postal and Courier 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 Military 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 Government Property Lawyers 1 April 1993 Historic Royal Palaces 1 October 1989 Historic Scotland 2 April 1991 Her Majesty's Prison Service 1 April 1993 HMSO 14 December 1988 Hydrographic Office 6 April 1990 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 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 NEL 5 October 1990 NHS Estates 1 April 1991 NHS Pensions Agency 20 November 1992 Northern Ireland Child Support Agency 5 April 1993 Occupational Health Service 2 April 1990 Ordnance Survey 1 May 1990 Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland 1 April 1992 Patent Office 1 March 1990 Paymaster General's Office 1 April 1993 Pesticides Safety Directorate 1 April 1993 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 1991 Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency 2 April 1991 Registers of Scotland 6 April 1990 Royal Mint 2 April 1990 Royal Parks 1 April 1993 Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 1 April 1992 Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency 12 April 1991 Scottish Office Pensions Agency 1 April 1993 Scottish Prison Service 1 April 1993 Scottish Record Office 1 April 1993 Service Children's Schools (North West Europe) 24 April 1991 Social Security Agency (Northern Ireland) 1 April 1992 Social Security Benefits Agency 2 April 1991 Social Security Child Support Agency 5 April 1993 Social Security 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 and Employment Agency (Northern Ireland) 2 April 1990 Transport Research Laboratory 2 April 1992 United Kingdom Passport Agency 2 April 1991 Valuation and Lands Agency 1 April 1993 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 HM Customs and Excise1 (30 Executive Units) 1 April 1991 Inland Revenue1 (34 Executive Offices) 1 April 1992 1 Departments operating fully on next steps lines.