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Treasury

Answer

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible have been (a) established and (b) abolished since 1997. [182944] Ruth Kelly: Details of individual Departments' non- departmental public bodies (NDPBs) are set out in the annual Cabinet Office publication, "Public Bodies", copies of which are available in the Library. As the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office set out in his answer of 25 May 2004, Official Report, column 1537W, a new public bodies database will be launched on the internet later this year. This will contain statistics as at 31 March 2004 which can then be compared with figures in the previous annual "Public Bodies" publications. The Treasury currently has two advisory NDPBs: the Public Services Productivity Panel, which was set up in 1998 for an initial two year period and then renewed in 2002, and the Statistics Commission, which was formed in 2000. Since 1997, the Treasury has had two other non-departmental public bodies. The Policyholders Protection Board, an Executive NDPB, was formed as part of the Policyholders Protection Act 1975 and the board's functions were transferred to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, which was created under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) and is independent from Government. The Financial Services Tribunal, a Tribunal NDPB, was established in 1987 and its functions commenced in April 1988. These functions have been repealed under the FSMA.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

182944; 423 c922W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Government departments Non-departmental public bodies Treasury

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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