Public Bodies (Hansard, 15 December 1999)

§ 11. Mr. Rowe
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when the Government's annual report on non-departmental bodies will be published. [101553]

§ 12. Mr. St. Aubyn
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when the Government's annual report on non-departmental bodies will be published. [101555]

§ Mr. Stringer
"Public Bodies 1999" will be published tomorrow.
The 1999 Executive Non-departmental Public Bodies Report will be published in January 2000 as stated in the Modernising Government Action Plan.

§ Mr. Llew Smith
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will list the cases in which powers formerly held by non-departmental public bodies have been transferred to elected bodies since 1 May 1997. [102513]
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§ Mr. Stringer
The Government have transferred around 200 non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) to democratically elected chambers in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.

§ Mr. Llew Smith
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will list the number of(a) non-departmental public bodies and (b) task forces in England (i) on 1 May 1997, (ii) on 1 May 1998 and (iii) at the latest date for which figures are available. [102486]

§ Mr. Stringer
Information on the number of non-departmental public bodies in England, and throughout the UK, is published annually in the Cabinet Office publication "Public Bodies". Copies are available from the Library of the House. I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to the right hon. Member for Wells (Mr. Heathcoat-Amory) on 9 December 1999,Official Report, column 634W, for information on the number of task forces.