§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department are under a statutory requirement to(a) publish their advice to the Government, (b) publish an annual report and (c) lay an annual report before Parliament; and if he will list those bodies with a statutory base; [21166]
§ Mr. SoamesThe Dartmoor steering group and working party was established on a statutory basis under Command 6837.
The Independent Board of Visitors was established in accordance with the Naval Detention Quarters Rules 1973 for RN detention quarters, and the Imprisonment and Detention Rules Army 1979 for military corrective training centres.
There is no formal requirement for any of MOD's advisory non-departmental public bodies to publish their advice to Government, publish an annual report or lay their annual reports before Parliament.
The annual reports of the Dartmoor steering group and working party and the Review Board for Government Contracts have, however, been placed in the Library of the House on previous occasions.