§ Mr. AllanTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list, for each of the last four years, the departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by Ministers which have been chaired by individuals outside her Department; and in each case if he will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman. [44365]
§ Mrs. BeckettThe DTI has initiated the following Inquiries and Reviews since May 1994 which have been chaired by individuals outside the Department.
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Review Chaired by Date established Quinquennial Review of the Teaching Company Scheme Sir Robin Nicholson FRS March 1996 Prior Options Review of Public Sector Research Establishments: Food and Nutrition Steering Group3 Mr. Nick Winterton, Medical Research Council July 1996 Prior Options Review of Public Sector Research Establishments: Health Steering Group4 Dr. Metters, Department of Health July 1996 Review of the Electricity Trading Arrangements Stephen Littlechild, Director-General of Electricity Supply January 1998 1Included the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council's (BBSRC) Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Institute of Arable Crops Research, John Innes Centre and Silsoe Research Institute 2Included the Natural Environment Research Council's (NERC) British Geological Survey, Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences and Centre for Ecology Hydrology 3Included the BBSRC's Institute of Food Research and the Medical Research Council's Dunn Nutrition Unit 4Included the Medical Research Council's Radiobiology Unit, Reproductive Biology Unit, Toxicology Unit and Virology Unit