§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the total administration costs of non-departmental public bodies in each year between 1991–92 and 1996–97. [8276]
§ Mr. Waldegrave[holding answer 9 December 1996]: As part of the work for developing the expenditure plans published in the "Financial Statement and Budget Report", the Government collected information on the total administration costs of the larger executive non-departmental public bodies—those which (a) have 25 or more staff; and which (b) normally rely upon Government grant or grant in aid for 50 per cent. or more of their income or trade mainly with Government Departments. While the information was not complete, expenditure was estimated to have been about £1.9 billion in 1993–94, £2 billion in 1994–95 and £2.1 billion in 1995–96 and is expected to be £2.1 billion in 1996–97.
Information relating to 1991–92 and 1992–93 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Departments will be publishing information on the administration costs of each of their larger executive non-departmental public bodies and tribunals from 1993–94 to 1999–2000 in their annual reports in March 1997.