§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those bodies with executive agency status which are responsible to him; what plans he has to give executive agency status to any other Department or public body responsible to him; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LangI have responsibility for the following executive agencies:
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Agency Launch Date Chief Executive Registers of Scotland 1 April 1990 Mr. James Barron Historic Scotland 1 April 1991 Mr. Graeme Munro Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency 1 April 1991 Mr. Andrew MacLeod Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 1 April 1992 Dr. Robert Hay Scottish Prison Service 1 April 1993 Mr. Edward Frizzell Scottish Record Office 1 April 1993 Mr. Patrick Cadell Scottish Office Pensions Agency 1 April 1993 Mr. Norman MacLeod Chief executives respond, on my behalf, to letters and written parliamentary questions from hon. Members on operational issues within their sphere of responsiblity as set out in the agency's framework document. A copy of each framework document is available in the House Libraries.
I announced on 18 November 1992, c. 271, that the fisheries research service of the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department is under consideration for executive agency status. Other candidates may be announced later this year. It is the Government's intention that all executive agency candidates will have been identified by the end of 1993 and to have launched them by mid-1995—end 1994 and mid-1996 in Northern Ireland.