§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the non-departmental public bodies in existence on 1 May 1997 that(a) have been disbanded, (b) will be disbanded in the next 12 months, (c) have had their functions transferred to (i) another non-departmental public body and (ii) a democratically elected body, (d) have been renamed but continue to perform a similar role and (e) have been unchanged; if he will indicate in (c) (ii) the relevant successor body; what new non-departmental public bodies have been established since 1 May 1997; and how many non-departmental public bodies his Department currently is responsible for. [53867]
§ Mr. Tony Lloyd[holding answer 30 July 1998]: The answers are as follows.
- a) None
- b) None
- c) i) None
- ii) None
- d) None
- e) The FCO is responsible for twelve non-departmental public bodies. These are:
- Britain-Russia Centre
- British Association for Central and Eastern Europe
- British Council
- Commonwealth Institute
- The Great Britain-China Centre
- Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission
- Westminster Foundation for Democracy
- Diplomatic Service Appeal Board
- Government Hospitality Fund Advisory Committee for the Purchase of Wine
- Wilton Park Academic Council
- Foreign Compensation Commission
- Intelligence Services Tribunal.
The Government are committed to keeping the number of NDPBs to a minimum and to ensuring that those which remain are open, accountable and effective.