HC Deb 08 May 2000 vol 349 cc323-5W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list(a) the (i) executive agencies, (ii) non-departmental public bodies and (iii) local public spending bodies within his Department's remit, (b) the contractors employed by his Department and (c) the NHS bodies whose work (1) has been transferred since 1992 and (2) is planned to be transferred in the next 12 months (y) to and (z) from the Northern Region. [121051]

Ms Stuart

(a) (i) The Department sponsors the following executive agencies:

  • Medical Devices Agency
  • Medicines Control Agency
  • NHS Estates Agency
  • NHS Pensions Agency
  • NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency

(a) (ii) The Department sponsors the following non-Departmental public bodies (NDPBs):

Executive NDPBs

  • Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work
  • Commission for Health Improvement
  • English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
  • Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
  • Medical Practices Committee
  • National Biological Standards Board
  • National Radiological Protection Board
  • Public Health Laboratory Service Board

Advisory NDPBs

  • Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
  • Advisory Board on the Registration of Homoeopathic Products
  • Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances
  • Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens
  • Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards
  • Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing
  • Advisory Committee on Hepatitis
  • Advisory Committee on NHS Drugs
  • Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Foods
  • Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy
  • British Pharmacopoeia Commission
  • Committee for Monitoring the Agreements on Tobacco Advertising and Sponsorship
  • Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy
  • Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment
  • Committee on Medical effects of Air Pollutants
  • Committee on the Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
  • Committee on the Safety of Medicines
  • Committee on the Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
  • Dental Rates Study Group
  • Expert Advisory Group on AIDS
  • Gene Therapy Advisory Committee
  • Genetics and Insurance Committee
  • Human Genetics Commission
  • Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation
  • Medical Workforce Standing Advisory Committee
  • Medicines Commission
  • National Centre for Continuing Professional Education of Dentists
  • Pharmacists' Review Panel
  • Review Body for Nursing Staff, Midwives, Health Visitors and Professions Allied to Medicine
  • Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration Standing Dental Advisory Committee
  • Standing Medical Advisory Committee
  • Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee
  • Standing Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee
  • Steering Committee on Pharmacy Postgraduate Education
  • UK Advisory Panel for Health Care Workers Infected with Bloodborne Viruses
  • United Kingdom Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Authority
  • Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority
  • Wider Health Working Group

Tribunals

(a) (iii) Local public spending bodies within the Department's remit:

There are currently 99 Health Authorities, 364 NHS Trusts, and 17 Primary Care Trusts operational in England.

(b) The contractors employed by the Department:

The information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

(c) NHS bodies:

On 1 April 1996 the Northern and Yorkshire Regional Health Authority became the Northern and Yorkshire Regional Office of the National Health Service Executive, Department of Health. At the same time its offices were relocated from Newcastle and Harrogate to a single site in Durham City.