HL Deb 19 January 1995 vol 560 cc54-5WA
Lord Monkswell

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is their estimate of the total number of staff employed at the headquarters of non-departmental public bodies and joint boards with responsibilities for the former Greater London Council area; and whether they will list their employing authority or authorities.

The Minister of State, Department of the Environment (Viscount Ullswater)

  1. 1. Certain Non-Departmental Public Bodies inherited roles from the Greater London Council. These were the London Residuary Body (LRB) and the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA). The LRB, which has been running down for some time, has no employees currently. The LPFA currently employs 79 staff. Both the LRB and LPFA are sponsored by the Department of the Environment.
  2. 2. There are also a number of local authority-run joint boards and committees undertaking roles which were previously the remit of the GLC. The bodies with a pan-London responsibility include the following:-

London Fire and Civil Defence Authority

London Waste Regulation Authority

London Planning Advisory Committee

London Boroughs Grants Unit

London Research Centre

London Boroughs Transport Committee/ Lorry Ban (voluntary committee)

London Committee on Accessible Transport

Some other bodies and committees undertake ex-GLC roles in part of the Greater London area, including:-

London Housing Unit

Docklands Consultative Committee

London River Authority

Croydon, Bexley, Bromley Panel of Guardians

Havering, Barking, Dagenham Panel of Guardians

Sutton, Kingston, Merton, Richmond Panel of Guardians

South London Lorry Ban Committee

East, North, West London and Western Riverside Waste Authorities

3. The local authority joint boards and committees are not responsible to central government and the Government have no records of their staff numbers.

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