HC Deb 05 December 2001 vol 376 cc308-9W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if she will list those public bodies to which her Department appoints members and which are not listed in Public Bodies 2000; [17606]

(2) if she will list those public bodies which are the responsibility of her Department and which are not listed in Public Bodies 2000. [17607]

Ms Hewitt

Public Bodies 2000 sets out information on non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), certain public corporations (including nationalised industries) and NHS bodies. There are four types of NDPB: executive NDPBs; advisory NDPBs; tribunal NDPBs; and boards of visitors to penal establishments. The next edition will be published around the end of the year. Information about taskforces, reviews and ad hoc advisory groups is set out in an annual report, published by Cabinet Office. Copies of Public Bodies 2000 are in the Library of the House and this publication may be accessed via Cabinet Office's website (http://www.official-documents.co.uk/document/ caboff/pb00/pb00.htm). Copies of the annual report on taskforces and similar bodies have also been placed in the Library of the House and the annual report is being made available on Cabinet Office's website.

The following executive NDPBs have been established since the publication of Public Bodies 2000:

  • The Consumer Council for Postal Services
  • The Gas and Electricity Consumer Council.

The following advisory NDPBs have been established since the publication of Public Bodies 2000:

  • Advisory Committee on Cleaner Coal Technology
  • Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission
  • Ethnic Minority Business Advisory Forum
  • Import Parity Price Panel
  • Partnership Fund Assessment Panel
  • Small Business Council
  • Small Business Investment Taskforce.

The following executive NDPBs have transferred to the Department since the publication of Public Bodies 2000 as part of machinery of government changes:

  • Advantage West Midlands
  • East Midlands Development Agency
  • East of England Development Agency
  • North West Regional Development Agency
  • One North East
  • South East England Development Agency
  • South West England Development Agency
  • Yorkshire Forward.

The following advisory NDPB has transferred to the Department since the publication of Public Bodies 2000 as part of machinery of government changes: Advisory Committee on Work-Life Balance

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