HC Deb 25 November 1994 vol 250 c465W
Mr. Sykes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which quangos his Department has abolished since 1979.

Mr. Nelson

The Treasury has abolished the following non-departmental public bodies since 1979:

Body Year abolished
The Property Advisory Panel 1980
Committee to Review the Functioning of Financial Institutions (The Wilson Committee) 1980
National Economic Development Council and Office 1992

Mr. Sykes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many quangos his Department was responsible for(a) in 1979 and (b) in the latest year for which a number is available.

Mr. Nelson

In each of the years requested my Department was responsible for the following number of non-departmental public bodies:

  1. (a) 10 in 1978–79, as listed in the "Report on Non-Departmental Public Bodies" (Pliatzky Report Cm 7797, January 1980); and
  2. (b) 9 in 1993, as shown in Public Bodies 1993 (including the Royal Mint Advisory Committee). In addition to those bodies shown in Public Bodies 1993, I also have some responsibility for making or approving appointments to a further 12 non-departmental public bodies.