§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the net revenue cost was in(a) 1998–99 and (b) 1999–2000; and what the planned revenue cost is for 2000–01 of each of the executive and advisory non-Departmental public bodies listed on pages 88 to 96 of his Annual report for 1999–2000. [128926]
§ Mr. StrawThe net revenue cost and planned costs for the Home Office Executive and Advisory Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) are set out in the following table. I have taken "net revenue costs" to mean the Grant in Aid for Executive NDPBs minus any receipts payable to the Exchequer offsetting costs.
Neither the Tote nor the Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB) have any revenue cost, as they are self-financing. The expenses payable to the Alcohol Education and Research Council are within the travel and subsistence budget of the Liquor Gambling and Data Protection Unit.
It is not possible to estimate the planned costs for some Advisory Bodies, as the members of those bodies only receive expenses when necessary.