To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many agencies were sponsored by his Department in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 1997-98. (228516)

The Next Steps Report 1997 (Cm3889) provided information on all Executive Agencies as at 31 December 1997. The most up-to-date list of Executive Agencies is published in the Cabinet Office publication The List of Ministerial Responsibilities. The latest version, incorporating recent ministerial changes, will be published shortly.