Departmental Groups

HC Deb 27 July 2000 vol 354 cc799-800W

Mr. Stunell

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) if she will list each group that is responsible to her Department, with significant and plural membership from outside the Civil Service, and to which the Nolan rules on non-departmental public bodies do not apply and for each such group, if it(a) is a company limited by guarantee, (b) is a charity, (c) has no formal legal basis and (d) has some other legal basis, giving details; [131241]

(2) if she will list each group that is responsible to her Department, with significant and plural membership from outside the Civil Service, and to which the Nolan rules on non-departmental public bodies do not apply; and for each such group, if it (a) is a private company, (b) is a charity, (c) has no formal legal basis and (d) has some other legal basis, giving details. [131181]

Mr. Stringer

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave today to my hon. Friends the Members for Eastwood (Mr. Murphy) and for Cannock Chase (Tony Wright),Official Report, column 799W. None of the groups for which my Department is responsible has a formal legal basis.