§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Airs what the budget for administration was for each non-departmental public body for which she is responsible that are in the following676W categories (a) public corporation, (b) executive, (c) advisory and (d) tribunal non-departmental public bodies in financial year 2002–03. [164460]
§ Alun MichaelDetails of the administration costs of executive, tribunal and advisory NDPBs and public corporations are as follows:
Executive NDPBs and Public Corporations
Both management accounting practices and the definition of administration costs differ from organisation to organisation. Therefore comparisons between NDPBs may not be appropriate.
Advisory and Tribunal NDPBs
Administration costs for advisory and tribunal NDPBs include the costs of board members (fees and expenses) and any associated direct costs of running the NDPB. It does not include the costs of the secretariats within Defra.
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Administration costs of executive, advisory and tribunal NDPBs and public corporations £ Administration costs Executive NDPBs Agricultural Wages Board 129,902 Agricultural Wages Committee 12,547 British Potato Council 1,758,718 Countryside Agency 17,500,000 Environment Agency 113,000,000 English Nature 10,581,000 Food From Britain 2,059,105 Horticultural Development Council 257,366 Home Grown Cereals Authority 1596,000 Horticultural Research International 1,667,000 Joint Nature Conservation Committee 1,344,000 Royal Botanical Gardens—Kew 2,281,000 Milk Development Council 1,035,939 Meat and Livestock Commission 2,200,000 National Forest Company 1,006,233 Seafish Industry Authority 1,820,000 Wine Standards Board 254,675 Public corporations British Waterways 28,500,000 Covent Garden Market Authority 1,648,467 Advisory NDPBs Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment 5,000 Advisory Committee on Consumer Products and the Environment 5,573 Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances 16,114 Advisory Committee on Packaging 2— Advisory Committee on Pesticides 110,000 Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment 35,000 Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees 12,849 Air Quality Expert Group 46,500 Committee on Products and Processes for Use in Public Water Supply 21,637 Darwin Advisory Committee (The Darwin Initiative) 2,750 Expert Group on Cryptosporidium in Water Supplies 3,425 Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards 3,460 Farm Animal Welfare Council 109,000 Government Industry Forum on Non-Food Uses of Crops 14,040 Independent Scientific Group on TB in Cattle 155,424 Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council 190,000 Integrated Administration and Control System Appeals Panel 2,750 Pesticides Residues Committee 28,500 Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee 148,000 Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution 440,000 Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Council 157,072 Sustainable Development Commission 75,839 Veterinary Products Committee 174,092 Veterinary Residues Committee 17,575 Zoos Forum 3,997
Administration costs of executive, advisory and tribunal NDPBs and public corporations £ Administration costs Tribunal NDPBs Agricultural Land Tribunals 48,835 Commons Commissioners 29,106 Dairy Produce Quote Tribunal 0 Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal 30 1 Estimated figure to reflect the costs of internal administration. 2 No information. 3 There was no call on the services of the tribunal in 2002–03.