§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list each executive agency which has been established since the "Next Steps" initiative commenced; and if he will list any which existed before this initiative.
§ Mr. David DavisThe executive agencies established under the next steps initiative are as follows. No executive agencies existed previously.
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Next Steps Agencies established to date Agency Launch date Accounts Services Agency 1 October 1991 ADAS 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 1 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 Accounts Agency 1 April 1991 Defence Analytical Services Agency 1 July 1992 Defence Animal Centre 1 June 1993 Defence Operational Analysis Centre 1 July 1992 Defence Postal and Courier Services 1 July 1992 Defence Research Agency 2 April 1991 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 2 April 1990 Driver and Vehicle Licensing (Nl) 2 August 1993 Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency 1 April 1992 Driving Standards Agency 2 April 1990 Duke of York's Royal Military School 1 April 1992 DVOlT 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 Agency 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 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
Agency Launch date Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency 2 April 1991 Registers of Scotland 6 April 1990 Royal Mint 2 April 1990 Royal Parks Agency 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 Security Facilities Executive 15 October 1993 Service Children's Schools (North West Europe) 24 April 1991 Social Security Agency 1 July 1991 Social Security Benefits Agency 2 April 1991 Social Security Child Support Agency 5 April 1993 Social Security Contributions Agency 2 April 1991 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 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 Medicine Directorate 2 April 1990 Warren Spring Laboratory 20 April 1989 Wilton Park 1 September 1991 Customs and Excise (31 Executive Units)2 1 April 1991 Inland Revenue (31 Executive Offices)2 1 April 1992 1Subsequently privatised on 17 December 1993. 2 Departments operating fully on Next Steps lines.