§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many appointments to the public bodies listed in "Public Bodies" for his Department were made from names supplied by the public appointments unit; and if he will list them.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonSeven of the appointments listed in "Public Bodies" are currently filled by individuals whose names were supplied by the public appointments unit: six to the Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors and one to the Review Board for Government Contracts.
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§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what share of total departmental spending was accounted for by non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonInformation is not held in the form requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Information on the expenditure of NDPBs is however published in "Public Bodies": for 1991–92 the total MOD grant in aid to NDPBs was £38 million—some 0.16 per cent. of total defence expenditure.