§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the non-departmental public bodies in existence on 1 May 1997 that(a) have been disbanded, indicating when they were 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. [90669]
§ Ms JowellOf the non-Departmental public bodies (NDPBs) in existence on 1 May 1997:(a) the Advisory Committee on Design Quality in the National Health Service was abolished on 20 July 1998, the Royal Commission on Long Term Care was abolished on 1 May 1999, and the Standing Committee on Postgraduate Medical Education was abolished on 1 April 1999; (b) The Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing, the Human Genetics Advisory Commission and the Clinical Standards Advisory Group will be disbanded in the next 12 months. The Central Council on Education and Training for Social Work (an executive NDPB) will be abolished by 31 March 2001; (c) None has had their functions transferred (i) to another non-departmental public body or (ii) to a democratically elected body; and (d) none has been re-named.
Since 1 May 1997 the following NDPBs have been established: the Royal Commission on Long Term Care of the Elderly (now abolished); and the Genetics and Insurance Committee. The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens, which was a departmental committee, has been reclassified as an advisory NDPB. The Nurses', Midwives and other NHS Professions' Review Body, Doctors and Dentists Review Panel and the Pharmacists' Review Panel were inherited by the Department from the Office of Manpower and Economics during the period. The Department is responsible for 7 executive and 39 advisory NDPBs.
417WThe status of the Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer Screening, the National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group and the Microbiology Advisory Committee have been reclassified by the Cabinet Office and no longer have NDPB status: they are now regarded as Departmental bodies.