HC Deb 28 November 2001 vol 375 cc963-4W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) if she will list those public bodies to which her Department appoints members and which are not listed in "Public Bodies 2000"; [17576]

(2) if she will list those public bodies which are the responsibility of her Department and which are not listed in "Public Bodies 2000". [17577]

Mr. Caborn

"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 task forces, annual reports and ad hoc advisory groups 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's website http://www.official-documents.co.ulddocument/caboff/pp00/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's website.

The public bodies to which I make appointments and for which I have responsibility, but which are not listed in "Public Bodies 2000" or the annual report on taskforces and similar bodies, are:

  • Alcohol, Education Research Council1
  • Gaming Board for Great Britain1
  • Horserace Betting Levy Board1
  • Horserace Betting Levy Appeals Tribunal for England and Wales1
  • Horserace Totalisator Board1
  • Film Council2
  • Quality Efficiency and Standards Team2
  • Spoliation Advisory Panel2
  • Royal Parks Advisory Committee.

In addition, there are bodies which are independent of my Department but for which I have a role in appointing, or approving the appointment of, board members. These are:

  • Architectural Heritage Fund
  • Royal Opera House
  • South Bank Board Ltd.

1 Public bodies transferred from the Home Office to DCMS following the machinery of Government changes on 7 June. These bodies appeared under the Home Office section of "Public Bodies 2000" and will do so again in the 2001 edition.

2 Public bodies which will appear for the first time in the 2001 edition of "Public Bodies"."

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