§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) he will list for each non-departmental agency for which he has responsibility(a) the date that it was set up and (b) the number of parliamentary questions which have been referred for answer to it in the 1994–95 parliamentary Session and in the 1995–96 Session to date; and if he will make a statement; [7465]
(2) how many parliamentary questions to his Department have been referred for answer to the chief executive or other senior official of a non-departmental agency for which he has responsibility in each of the last six parliamentary Sessions; and if he will make a statement. [7466]
§ Mr. HagueI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 24 July 1996,Official Report, column 391. So far in the 1996–97 parliamentary Session, 13 parliamentary questions have been referred to chief executives of non-departmental public bodies—NDPBs. No questions have been referred to the following bodies, established in the year given for each of: Land Authority for Wales (1975); National Museum of Wales (1907); National Library of Wales (1907); Sports Council for Wales (1972); Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (1994); Welsh National Board for Nursing, Health Visiting and Midwifery (1983); Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales (1908); Higher Education Funding Council (1992); Further Education Funding Council (1993); Wales Youth Agency (1992); and the Residuary Body for Wales (1995).
For each of the other executives NDPBs, establishment dates and the total number of parliamentary questions referred to them in the parliamentary Sessions 1994–95, 1995–96 and 1996–97, are as follows: 164W
Parliamentary Session NDPB Establishment date 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Welsh Development Agency 1976 12 15 3 Development Board for Rural Wales 1977 6 2 0 Wales Tourist Board 1969 1 0 0 Cardiff Bay Development Corporation 1987 11 11 1 Countryside Council for Wales 1990 3 0 9 Welsh Language Board 1983 0 3 0 Arts Council for Wales 1994 4 6 0 Housing for Wales 1989 1 0 0 Total 38 37 13