HC Deb 26 November 2001 vol 375 cc643-4W
Mrs. Browning

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the gross costs of the regulatory impact assessment for(a) The Insurance (Fee) Regulations 2001, (b) the Credit Unions (Increase in Limits on Periods by Persons Too Young to be Members of Periods for Repayments of Loans) Order 2001, (c) the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Promotion of Collective Investment Schemes) (Exemptions) Order 2001 and (d) the Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations 2001. [17698]

Ruth Kelly

These costs are shown in the published Regulatory Impact Assessments copies of which can be found in the House Libraries.

Mrs. Browning

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the gross costs of the regulatory impact assessment for(a) the Value Tax (Conversions of Buildings) Order 2001, (b) Starting Up in Business, (c) the Replacement of Personal Pensions Transfer Regulations, (d) the Capital Allowance Bill, (e) the Abolition of Withholding Tax on Bond Interest and Extensions of Routine Information Powers on Savings Income, (f) the Authorised Mileage Rates and (g) Internet Filing of Tax Information. [17699]

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, annual reports and ad hoc advisory groups and reviews is set out in an annual report, published by the Cabinet Office.

Copies of Public Bodies 2000 are in the Library of the House and this publication may be accessed via the Cabinet Office 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 the Cabinet Office website.

Ministers of the Chancellor's Departments and agencies make appointments to a number of bodies that are not public bodies so are not listed in "Public Bodies. These bodies, their status and the numbers of ministerial appointments are listed in the table:

Dawn Primarolo

These costs are shown in the Regulatory Impact Assessments for each of the measures which are in the House Libraries and published on departmental internets.