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Mr. Sproat
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all the non-departmental public bodies he has abolished, or cut back, from 1979 until the latest available date, giving the financial cost, including administrative costs, and the amount disbursed by the non-departmental public bodies in the latest available 12 months; and how many persons, including secretarial services, were involved directly in each non-departmental public body.
| Abolished since 3 May 1979 | Financial (including administrative) costs 1978–79 | Amount Disbursed By The Body 1978–79 | Number of persons (including secretarial services) involved directly in body at 1 January 1979 |
| £ | |||
| Advisory Committee on Committee medicine Establishments * | 1,444 | — | 7 |
| Advisory Committee on Vocational Preparation | 6,700 | — | 18 |
| Scottish Committee for Schools/Industry Liaison | 2,700 | — | 26 |
| Scottish Home Ownership Forum | 11,200 | — | 18 |
| Animals Board of the Joint Consultative Organisation for Research and Development in Agriculture and Food | 15,600 | — | 23 |
| Cut back since 3 May 1979 | Financial (including administrative) costs 1978–79 | Amount disbursed by the body 1978–79 | Number of persons (including secretarial services) actively involved in the body At 1 January 1979 | At 1 January 1980 | |
| £ | |||||
| Newbattle Abbey College | 233,409 | Nil | Staff | 34 | 34 |
| Members of governing body | 62 | 29 | |||
| * Now amalgamlated with the Advisory Committee on Hospital Medical Eastablihments. | |||||