§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list the 12 biggest spending Welsh Office public bodies, giving their spending in cash and real terms in each year since 1990–91; [10910]
(2) if he will list the chairmen and chairwomen and members of the 12 biggest spending Welsh Office public bodies, indicating the length of time for which each is appointed and when each appointment is due for renewal. [10909]
§ Mr. HagueThe information requested is included in the following table.
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Total gross expenditure for the 12 biggest NDPBs was as follows: £ million 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Arts Council of Wales cash — — — — 14.9 real terms — — — — 14.9 Cardiff Bay Development Corporation cash 34.3 35.8 48.0 47.5 66.7 real terms 39.7 39.0 50.3 48.4 66.7 Countryside Council for Wales cash 10.0 14.5 17.5 19.9 21.2 real terms 10.1 15.8 18.3 20.3 21.2 Development Board for Rural Wales cash 19.6 21.5 23.6 24.9 27.2 real terms 22.7 23.5 24.7 25.4 27.2 Further Education Funding Council for Wales cash — — 22.0 143.1 172.5 real terms — — 22.1 145.8 172.5 Higher Education Funding Council for Wales cash — — 20.5 179.0 232.5 real terms — — 20.6 182.3 232.5 Housing for Wales cash 116.0 172.6 187.4 161.2 139.5 real terms 134.5 188.3 196.4 164.2 139.5 Land Authority for Wales cash 6.0 6.1 6.3 12.3 23.0 real terms 7.0 6.6 6.6 12.5 23.0 National Museums and Galleries of Wales cash 17.9 18.1 16.1 16.8 14.1 real terms 20.8 19.7 16.9 17.1 14.1 Sports Council for Wales cash 7.1 7.5 8.2 8.6 9.1 real terms 8.3 8.2 8.6 8.8 9.1 Wales Tourist Board cash 13.3 13.0 13.7 13.8 14.4 real terms 15.4 14.1 14.3 14.1 14.4 Welsh Development Agency cash 149.2 158.2 165.2 151.7 157.1 real terms 173.0 172.6 173.2 154.5 157.1 1. The cash figures have been extracted from the annual Cabinet Office publication "Public Bodies".
2. The real terms figures have been derived by the application of the latest GDP deflators at market prices with a base year of 1994–95.
3. In some cases, figures are not available for the earlier years because the relevant NDPBs had not then been set up in Wales.
1Support for the establishment of the Countryside Council for Wales, which came into existence on 1 April 1991.
2Support for the establishment of the Further Education and Higher Education Funding Councils for Wales, which came into existence on 1 April 1993.
The information requested about the chairmen and women and members of these bodies is given in "Appointments by the Secretary of State for Wales", which is updated quarterly. Copies are available in the Library of the House.