§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what are the total running costs of all non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department including the National Council for Vocational Qualifications and Ofsted for each year since 1987.
§ Mr. Boswell[pursuant to his reply, 30 March 1995 c. 718]: The running cost of non departmental public bodies that are the responsibility of my Department are given in the table.
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Net running costs (in thousands) of all non-departmental public bodies sponsored by DFE 1987–88 outturn 1988–89 outturn 1989–90 outturn 1990–91 outturn 1991–92 outturn 1992–93 outturn 1993–94 outturn 1994–95 estimated outturn 1995–96 forecast National Youth Agency (NYA) 7 — — — — 1,691 1,574 1,566 1,649 1— National Curriculum Council (NCC) (superseded by SCAA) 8 — — 4,293 3,401 3,780 3,734 2,255 — — School Examinations and Assessment Council (superseded by SCAA) 8 — — 4,278 4,930 6,195 7,226 3,142 — — School Curriculum and Assessment Authority (SCAA) 9 — — — — — — 4,310 9,339 9,140 Teaching as a Career Unit (TASC) (superseded by TTA) 10 346 375 400 699 954 818 752 366 — Teaching Training Agency (TTA) 11 — — — — — — — 1,640 2,618 Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) 12 — — — — — 22,145 30,908 28,755 28,150 Total net expenditure 2,944 4,272 15,655 16,089 20,870 49,592 81,690 98,220 97,142 Notes:
1. Until December 1993 CBEVE was a NDPB. Since then it has been part of the British Council. However DFE, SOED and DENI continue to have full funding and policy responsibility for CBEVE.
2. EAB was set up in August 1988. However it was agreed that the initial start-up costs etc., should be accounted for as part of a single twenty month accounting period in 1989–90. All the figures quoted include expenditure on sub-contracted legal work and regional caseworkers.
3. FAS was set up with effect from 1 April 1994.
4. The figure for 1992–93 reflects the establishment of FEFCE in July 1992.
5. HEFCE was established on 6 May 1992, but did not assume its full responsibilities until 1 April 1993.
6. NCET was formed on 1 April 1988 by the merger of the Microelectronics Education Support Unit and the Council for Educational Technology.
7. NYA was formed out of the National Youth Bureau on 1 April 1991.
8. The first years figures cover the period from the establishment of NCC and SEAC on 15 August 1988 to 31 March 1990. 1993–94 figures do not include redundancy payments to NCC and SEAC employees.
9. SCAA was established on 1 October 1993 after which NCC and SEAC were wound up on 31 December 1993.
10. The figure quoted in 1993–94 covers the period 1 April to 13 October 1994, when TASC was subsumed within TTA.
11. The 1993–94 figure includes the running costs of the information section (formally TASC) from 13 October 1994 to 31 March 1995, and expenditure on establishing the TTA as well as running costs.
12. This figure does not include part-year costs incurred in 1991–92 and transferred from DFE.
1 still under negotiation