§ Mr. HainTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give figures for the total number of quangos, together with the total number of staff employed and the total expenditure, including those connected with the health service, for each year from 1979 to 1991; and if he will give the percentage difference in each figure between 1979 and 1991.
§ Mr. Robert JacksonThe available information is shown in the table; fuller details are published in "Public Bodies", copies of which are available in the House Library. The figures are not strictly comparable on a year-by-year basis because of the change of status of some major spending bodies.