HC Deb 13 May 1994 vol 243 cc264-5W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many non-departmental public bodies or similar agencies to which holders of his office make appointments existed in 1979 and in 1993; and if he will list in cash and real terms the total administrative costs, the salaries of each appointed worker and the amount spent in implementing their statutory duties.

Mr. Redwood

The information available is as follows:

Number of Staff Employed
Executive NHS Total
1978–79 7,548 150,321 57,869
1 April 1993 2,000 1 255,900 57,900
1 Estimated figure
2 At 1 September 1993

Gross Expenditure
Executive NHS Expenditure by welsh Office in support of Executive and Advisory Bodies and Tribunals Total
£ million
1978–79 1212.32 13411.000 n/a 3623.320
4589.876 41,141.857 41,731.733
1992–93 510.00 51,871.862 4 2,385.862
1 Estimated figure.
2 At 1 September 1993.
3 About in cash.
4 Amount at 1993–93 prices
5 Provisional figure

Information on the salaries of each appointed worker and the amount spent in implementing their statutory duties is not available.

The information given is taken from the Report on Non-Departmental Public Bodies (January 1980 Cmnd. 7797) and Public Bodies 1993 (HMSO) which are available in the Library of the House.

The figures include public bodies to which the Secretary of State for Wales does not make appointments; it is not possible to disaggregate the data to include only those bodies to which he makes appointments.