Quangos (Hansard, 25 January 1993)

HC Deb 25 January 1993 vol 217 cc574-5W 574W

§ Mr. Hain
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give figures for the total number of quangos in Wales, together with the total number of staff employed and the total expenditure, including those connected to the health service, for each year from 1979 to 1991, together with the percentage difference in each case.

§ Mr. David Hunt
The available information is shown in the tables, based on the figures published annually in "Public Bodies,".
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Total number of public bodies in wales^{1 2} Table 1

Year Executive Advisory Tribunals NHS Total Per cent difference year on year

1978–79 16 12 3 9 40 —

1979–81 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

1981–82 17 19 4 10 50 —

1982–83 17 27 4 10 58 +16

1983–84 16 30 10 10 66 +14

1984–85 16 31 11 18 76 +16

1985–86 16 30 11 18 75 -1

1986–87 16 30 11 19 76 +1

1987–88 17 28 11 19 75 -1

1988–89 18 30 11 19 78 +4

1989–90 18 29 11 19 77 -1

1990–91 19 31 11 19 80 +4

Total number of staff employed by public bodies in Wales^{1 2}

Year Executive NHS Total Percentage difference year on year

1978–79 7,548.0 ³50,321.0 57,869.0 —

1979–81 n/a n/a n/a —

1 April 1982 7,393.0 ³54,055.0 61,448.0 —

1 April 1983 7,082.5 54,030.0 61,112.5 -1

1 April 1984 1,766.0 54,121.0 55,887.0 -9

1 April 1985 1,749.0 54,791.0 56,540.0 +1

1 April 1986 1,529.0 55,602.0 57,131.0 +1

1 April 1987 1,570.5 55,567.0 57,137.5 —

1 April 1988 1,548.0 55,602.5 57,150.5 —

1 April 1989 ⁵1,565.0 55,765.0 57,330.0 +1

1 April 1990 1,580.5 55,851.0 57,431.5 —

1 April 1991 1,794.0 55,517.5 57,311.5 -1

Total expenditure by public bodies in Wales^{1 2}

Year Executive £ million NHS £ million Total £ million Percentage difference year on year

1978–79 212.32 ³411.00 623.32 —

1979–81 n/a n/a n/a —

1981–82 310.50 ³765.30 1,075.80 —

1982–83 304.81 737.82 1,042.63 -1

1983–84 130.11 784.33 914.45 -12

1984–85 138.61 ⁵838.93 977.54 +7

1985–86 134.82 909.43 1,044.25 +7

1986–87 133.45 977.42 1,110.87 +6

1987–88 168.64 1,082.25 1,250.88 +13

1988–89 223.51 1,202.43 1,425.94 +14

1989–90 337.18 1,285.86 1,623.04 +14

1990–91 379.67 1,465.81 1,845.48 +14

¹ Source: Report on Non-Departmental Public Bodies published January 1980, Cmnd 7797.

² Source: "Public bodies", first published in 1982 and successive years by the Cabinet Office.

³ Figures for NHS bodies are estimated. Not previously published in this format.

⁴ These figures should be read in conjunction with the notes provided in the Cabinet Office publications "Public Bodies" for the appropriate year.

⁵ Figures published in "Public Bodies" were misprinted. Amended figures are shown above.