§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list(a) executive non-departmental public bodies and (b) advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department; and what budget was set for each year between 1998 and 2008. [155323]
§ Ms HewittThe Department's Executive and Advisory NDPBs are listed in the Cabinet Office's annual publication "Public Bodies".
The following bodies have been formed as Executive or Advisory NDPBs since 1 April 2003 and will be included in the Public Bodies 2004.
- Competition Service—Executive NDPB
- Hearing Aid Council—Executive NDPB
- Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technologies—Advisory NDPB
- Sustainable Energy Policy Advisory Board—Advisory NDPB
- UK National Authority Advisory Group—Advisory NDPB
Budgets for individual NDPBs, which may reflect income in addition to Grant in Aid, are typically settled in separate corporate or business planning discussions. Details could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
However, Grant in Aid support for these bodies is published annually in DTI's entry in Central Government Supply Estimates (Main Supply Estimates).
Grant in Aid for future years will be published annually in Central Government Supply Estimates (Main Supply Estimates).
Copies of "Public Bodies" and the Department's estimates are available in the Libraries of the House.