§ Mr. Gregory CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total cost to public funds was of departmentally-related public bodies to which public appointments are made in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. [170489]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyWith the exception of 2003, the information on the cost of non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) in Northern Ireland is available in the394W 'Public Bodies' publication produced annually by the Cabinet Office. The last five editions are available in the Library.
Information on the cost of NDPBs for financial year 2002–03, which was not include in the Public Bodies 2003 publication, was compiled in December 2003. I have placed a table detailing these costs in the Library.
There are other bodies to which public appointments are made but that information is not held centrally.