§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions 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 and (b) the contractors employed by his Department whose work (1) has been transferred 299W since 1992 and (2) is planned to be transferred in the next 12 months (y) to and (z) from the Northern Region. [121052]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies which fall within the Department's remit are listed. The only local public spending bodies which fall within the Department's remit are registered social landlords (RSLs). There are approximately 2,100 RSLs, which are registered with the Housing Corporation. These are listed in the Housing Corporation's "Directory of Registered Social Landlords 2000", a copy of which is in the House Library. No executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies have been transferred from the Northern Region since 1992 or are planned to be transferred in the next 12 months. Information on local public spending bodies could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The information requested on contractors is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Executive Agencies
- Driving Standards Agency
- Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency
- Highways Agency
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Planning Inspectorate
- Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
- Rent Officers Service Agency
- Vehicle Inspectorate
- Vehicle Certification Agency
Non-departmental Public Bodies
- Audit Commission for Local Authorities in England and Wales
- Countryside Agency
- Docklands Light Railway
- English Nature (Nature Conservancy Council for England)
- English Partnerships (Urban Regeneration Agency and Commission for the New Towns)
- Environment Agency
- General Lighthouse Authorities:
- Northern Lighthouse Board
- Trinity House Lighthouse Board
- Health and Safety Commission
- Health and Safety Executive
- Housing Action Trusts:
- Castle Vale (Birmingham)
- Liverpool
- Stonebridge (Brent)
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
- Housing Corporation
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Local Government Commission for England
- London Pensions Fund Authority
- London Regional Passengers' Committee
- National Forest Company
300W - Regional Development Agencies:
- East Midlands (East Midlands Development Agency)
- Eastern (East of England Development Agency)
- North East (One North East)
- North West (North West Development Agency)
- South East (South East England Development Agency)
- South West (South West of England Regional Development Agency)
- West Midlands (Advantage West Midlands)
- Yorkshire and Humber (Yorkshire Forward)
- Rural Development Commission
- Traffic Director for London.