HC Deb 16 November 2000 vol 356 c782W
Mr. Stunell

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will list each group that is responsible to his 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;[131173]

(2) if he will list the reports submitted to his Department, by bodies that were created after May 1997 and that include significant and plural membership from outside the Civil Service, stating in each case the body writing the report, the date the report was submitted, how many recommendations were made, the number of those recommendations that have been implemented to date and the number of recommendations that have been rejected; and if he will make a statement.[133571]

Mr. Morley

[holding answer 18 July 2000]: I refer to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office, 27 July 2000,Official Report, column 799W.

I also refer the hon. Member to the first central list of information that was published on 11 January 2000. Copies of the list are available in the Libraries of the House.

The detailed information requested about the number of recommendations made and the number rejected is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.