§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. [90675]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe Government are committed to keeping the number of NDPBs to a minimum, and to ensuring that those which remain are open, accountable and effective.
Details of Non-Departmental Public Bodies in existence since 1 May 1997 are listed in "Public Bodies 1998". In addition:
(a) Disbanded:
- Statistics Advisory Committee—4 May 1999
(b) Will be disbanded:
- Policyholders Protection Board
- Financial Services Tribunal
- Subject to enactment of the Financial Services and Markets Bill now before Parliament.
- The Bill provides for the creation of a Financial Services and Markets Tribunal under the Lord Chancellor's Department, and a Financial Services and Markets Compensation Scheme.
(c) (i) Functions transferred:
- Responsibility for the following bodies has been transferred to:
- Ministry of Defence:
- Armed Forces Pay Review Body
- Department of Health:
- Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body
- Nurses', Midwives' and other NHS Professions' Review Body
- Pharmacists' Review Panel
- Department for Education and Employment:
- Schoolteachers' Review Body
450 - Cabinet Office:
- Senior Salaries Review Body
(c) (ii) Functions transferred to a democratically elected body: None
(d) Renamed: None
(e) Unchanged:
- Section 706 Tribunal
- Royal Mint Advisory Committee on the design of Coins, Medals,
- Seals and Decorations