HC Deb 03 February 1995 vol 253 cc898-9W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 20 January,Official Report, column 713, with regard to the running costs of non-departmental public bodies, if he will give the indicative management running costs for non-departmental public bodies expressed as a proportion of the total budget for each, in each year from 1993–94 to 1995–96.

Mr. Redwood

The figures are set out in the following table. The NDPBs listed have a wide variety of functions and levels of programme and capital expenditure. These differences are reflected in the table.

NDPB running costs as percentage of total budget
Executive NDPB 1993–94 {out-turn figures) 1994–95 (forecast out-turn figures) 1995–96 (Plans)
Housing for Wales 1.8 1.5 1.7
Sports Council for Wales 112 11.6
Arts Council of Wales 12.7 11.7
Further Education Funding Council 1.9 1.7 1.5
Higher Education Funding Council 0.6 0.6 0.7
Cardiff Bay Development Corporation 8.6 6.9 6.5
Land Authority for Wales 17.3 11.8 9.5
National Museum of Wales 58.9 80.9 74.8
National Library of Wales 64.8 48.4 41.9
Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments 97.3 88.4 88.3
Welsh National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting 77.7 83.0 97.4
Wales Youth Agency 100.0 100.0 100.0
Welsh Language Board 47.8 57.5
ACAC 20.4 15.5
Wales Tourist Board 27.9 29.0 27.9
Welsh Development Agency 10.0 8.9 8.6
Development Board of Rural Wales 13.1 11.9 15.9
Countryside Council for Wales 43.9 43.2 1
1 Under review