§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list those public bodies to which his Department appoints members and which are not listed in Public Bodies 2000; [17591]
(2) if he will list those public bodies which are the responsibility of his Department and which are not listed in Public Bodies 2000. [17592]
§ Ms BlearsPublic Bodies 2000 sets out the information on non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), certain public corporations (including nationalised industries) and national health service bodies. There are four types of NDPB: executive NDPBs; advisory NDPBs; tribunal NDPBs; and boards of visitors to penal establishments. The next edition of Public Bodies will be published180W around the end of the year. Information about task forces, annual reports and ad hoc advisory groups is set out in the annual report, published by the Cabinet Office. Copies of Public Bodies 2000 are in the Library and this publication may be accessed via the Cabinet Office's website (http:/www.official-documents.co.uk/document/ caboff/pb00.htm). Copies of the annual report on task forces and similar bodies have also been placed in the Library and the annual report is also being made available on the Cabinet Office's website.
The following public bodies have been established since the publication of Public Bodies 2000. All the bodies listed are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State who is responsible for all the public appointments made to their boards.
Advisory NDPBs
Executive NDPBs
- Advisory Committee on Tissue Banking
- Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy
- Independent Review Panel on the Classification of Borderline Medicines
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Specialist Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance
> Tribunal NDPBs
- General Social Care Council
Special Health Authorities
- Prescription Price Control Tribunal
- Health Development Agency (replacing the Health Education Authority)
- National Care Standards Commission
- National Clinical Assessment Authority
- National Patient Safety Agency
- National Treatment Agency
- National Health Service Appointments Commission
- Retained Organs Commission.
The Department is also responsible for local NHS trusts, health authorities, and primary care trusts, individual details of which are not listed in Public Bodies. Non-executive appointments to these bodies are now a matter for the NHS Appointments commission. Details of all these local NHS bodies as at 1 April 2000, including their non-executive members, are given in the Department of Health Public Appointments Annual Report, a copy of which is in the Library. A copy of the 2001 Public Appointments Annual Report, giving information as at 1 April 2001, will be sent to all hon. Members as soon as it is available. 14 NHS trusts and 25 primary care trusts have been established since 1 April 2001.