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Cabinet Office;Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Answer

Norman Lamb: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many times the (a) Cabinet Office Strategy Board, (b) Business Regulation Team, (c) Regulatory Reform Strategy Team, (d) Public Sector Team, (e) Europe and Economics Team, (f) Reform Strategy Group and (g) Corporate Development Group have met since they were established; how much each meeting cost; what the (i) annual budget since inception has been, (ii) projected budget for the next two years is and (iii) current work programme of each body is; and if he will make a statement. [139777] Mr. Alexander: The Cabinet Office Strategy Board has met regularly since its formation earlier this year. The secretariat for the Cabinet Office Strategy Board is an integral part of the Managing Director's private office. There is no separate budget line for this work. The terms of reference for the Cabinet Office Strategy Board are available on the Cabinet Office website (www.cabinet-office.gov.uk). The Business Regulation Team, the Regulatory Reform Strategy team, the Public Sector Team and, the Europe and Economics Team are all functional work areas within the Cabinet Office's Regulatory Impact Unit, and therefore do not `meet' in the way an ad-hoc Board or committee might do. The Resource Outturn for these teams since their inception is as follows: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Business Regulation Team 0 0 0.1 0.3 0.3 Regulatory Reform Strategy 0 0 0 0.2 0.4 Public Sector Team 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.7 Europe and Economics Team 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The work of the Regulatory Impact Unit is explained in the Cabinet Office's Departmental Report for 2003, published in May 2003. The Reform Strategy Group and Corporate Development Group are functional units of the Cabinet Office. Annual budgets are as follows: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2002-03 2002-03 Reform Strategy Group 1.6 1-- Corporate Development Group 17.1 14.7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The work of the Reform Strategy Group has been absorbed within other units. Budgets for the next two years will be decided on completion of the Cabinet Office planning round, which is currently under way.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

139777; 413 c877-80W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Departmental responsibilities Finance Cabinet Office Business Regulation Team Regulatory Impact Unit

Contains statistics

Yes

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