Written question asked by Gordon Marsden (Labour) on Monday, 6 December 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 December 2010. It was answered by Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 9 December 2010 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Departmental Public Bodies

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the oral statement of 20 October 2010, Official Report, column 961, on the spending review, which 24 public bodies for which the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is responsible will be abolished.

Answer: The 24 public bodies referred to in the oral statement of 20 October 2010, Official Report, columns 949-65, will cease to exist in their current form but will not all be abolished. They include 19 bodies which it is proposed will no longer be non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), two bodies which will no longer be public corporations and six bodies which will be reduced to three through mergers.The 19 bodies which will no longer be NDPBs are: Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal; Competition Service; Consumer Focus (National Consumer Council); Copyright Tribunal; Design Council; Hearing Aid Council; NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts); eight Regional Development Agencies; SITPRO Ltd; Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property; Union Modernisation Fund Supervisory Board; Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Body.The bodies which will no longer be public corporations are British Nuclear Fuels Limited and British Shipbuilders.The six bodies which will be merged resulting in three bodies are: Central Arbitration Committee and Certification Office; Competition Commission and Office of Fair Trading; Ofcom and Postcomm.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 29821; 520 c439W
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Comprehensive Spending Review
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons
Subjects: Public bodies Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk