[holding answer 2 June 2008]: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is directly responsible for 54 non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), of which there are 42 executive NDPBs, 11 advisory NDBPs and one tribunal NDPB. These are as follows:
Executive NDPBs
Arts Council England
Big Lottery Fund
British Library
British Museum
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
Culture East Midlands
Culture North East
Culture Northwest
Culture South East
Culture South West
Culture West Midlands
English Heritage
Football Licensing Authority
Gambling Commission
Geffrye Museum
Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust
Horserace Betting Levy Board
Imperial War Museum
Living East
Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
National Gallery
National Heritage Memorial Fund
National Lottery Commission
National Maritime Museum
National Museum of Science and Industry
National Museums Liverpool
National Portrait Gallery
Natural History Museum
Olympic Delivery Authority
Olympic Lottery Distributor
Public Lending Right
Royal Armouries
Sir John Soane's Museum
Sport England
Tate
UK Film Council
UK Sport
Victoria and Albert Museum
VisitBritain
Wallace Collection
Yorkshire Culture
Advisory NDPBs
Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites
Advisory Committee on National Historic Ships
Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection
Advisory Council on Libraries
Legal Deposit Advisory Panel
Public Lending Right Advisory Committee
Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art
Spoliation Advisory Panel
Theatres Trust
Treasure Valuation Committee
VisitEngland
Tribunal NDPB
Horserace Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal for England and Wales
We share responsibility for the Design Council with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS).
Most of these executive NDPBs will be required to have a funding agreement. Work is well in hand to finalise the drafts. The majority should achieve formal signature soon. The British Library, Gambling Commission, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and the Public Lending Right have already finalised their agreements. These four are all for three years.