To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. (163610)

The Department is responsible for eight Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) and three Advisory NDPBs. Details of the budget and remit of each NDPB, the name of the chairman and their remuneration is published in the Department’s Annual Report 2007 and in Public Bodies 2007, which are available on my Department’s website at:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/aboutus/reports/pdfs/deptreport2007. pdf

and

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/ndpb/

The following NDPBs are the responsibility of the Department for Children, Schools and Families:

British Educational Communications and Technology Agency;

Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service;

Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy;

National College for School Leadership;

Office of the Children’s Commissioner;

Partnerships for Schools;

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority;

School Food Trust;

School Teachers Review Body;

Teachers’ TV Board of Governors;

Training and Development Agency for Schools.