§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education in respect of how many boards, authorities, committees, and other public bodies he is responsible, in whole or in part, for appointments; what is the total number of such appointments; and what is the total public spending by such boards, authorities, committees and other public bodies.
§ Mr. BoswellThe information required may be found in "Public Bodies 1993" published last month by the Cabinet Office. The information given applies to those bodies not included in that report.
Number or amount School Curriculum and Assessment Authority Total number of appointments 15 Budget for financial year 1993–94 (£ million) 17 The (nine) Regional Committees of the Further Education Funding Council Total number of appointments 102 The regional committees are advisory bodies and do not have funding responsibilities. Administrative costs are met by the FEFC Student Loans Company Ltd Total number of appointments (made jointly by the Secretaries of State for Education and Scotland) 3 Administrative expenditure, financial year 1993–94 (maximum grant in aid available jointly from DFE, SOED and DENI) (£ million) 16.1 Current gross provision for making loans to students, financial year 1993–94 (funded jointly by DFE, SOED and DENI) (£ million) 292.3