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Welsh Office

Answer

Mr. Opik: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the administration cost for 1996-97 of each of the executive agencies listed in annexe B of the White Paper on a Welsh Assembly; and if he will make a statement. [11931] Mr. Ron Davies: The following table sets out the latest available information for those executive agencies listed in annexe B of the White Paper on Welsh devolution: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Administration costs 1996-97 £ million{1} Non-departmental public bodies Welsh Development Agency 20.3 Development Board for Rural Wales 3.4 Land Authority for Wales 1.8 Cardiff Bay Development Corporation 4.3 Wales Tourist Board 4.0 Countryside Council for Wales 8.9 Tai Cymru 2.9 Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales 1.6 Welsh National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting 1.0 Higher Education Funding Council for Wales 1.9 Further Education Funding Council for Wales 2.4 Residuary Body for Wales 0.2 Welsh Language Board 1.1 Agricultural Wages Committees (there are six regional committees 0.002 in Wales) National Museums and Galleries of Wales 10.4 National Library of Wales 4.9 Sports Council for Wales 1.0 Arts Council of Wales 1.8 Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales 1.2 NHS bodies{2} 5 Health Authorities 17.4 2 Special Health Authorities 18.7 29 Trusts 129.7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} There is no fixed definition of administration costs and the criteria used vary from organisation to organisation. {2} The source of these figures is the 1996-97 unaudited accounts and may change. The audited figures for 1996-97 will be available in August/September.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

11931; 299 c418-9W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Costs Executive agencies Devolution National Assembly for Wales Wales

Contains statistics

Yes