To ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the "next steps" agencies created since 1 January 1990; and if he will make a statement.
Since 1 January 1990, 24 "next steps" agencies have been established and these are listed in the table. In total 34 agencies have been set up covering some 80,000 staff. The project is continuing to make excellent progress: we expect there to be about 50 agencies by this summer and by the end of the year we expect that "next steps" will apply to about half the civil service.
Agencies established since 1 January 1990
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Executive agencies
| Staff number
|
| Building Research Establishment | 690 |
| Central Office of Information | 730 |
| Central Veterinary Laboratory | 580 |
| Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | 5,450 |
| Driving Standards Agency | 2,200 |
| Employment Service | 33,500 |
| Hydrographic Office1 | 880 |
| Information Technology Services Agency | 3,350 |
| Insolvency Service | 1,450 |
| Intervention Board | 910 |
| Land Registry | 10,400 |
| Meteorological Office | 2,250 |
| National Engineering Laboratory | 430 |
| National Physical Laboratory | 820 |
| Natural Resources Institute | 90 |
| Occupational Health Service | 100 |
| Ordnance Survey | 2,500 |
| Patent Office | 150 |
| Radiocommunications Agency | 500 |
| Registers of Scotland | 1,100 |
| Royal Mint | 1,050 |
| Training and Employment Agency2 | 1,700 |
| Vehicle Certification Agency | 90 |
| Veterinary Medicines Directorate | 70 |
| Total of 24 in number | 72,290 |
1 Defence Support Agency. Figure does not include service personnel. | |
2 Northern Ireland Civil Service. | |
Figures based on Staff in Post as at 1 October 1990.