To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the total cost of non-departmental public bodies was in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09 to date. (262048)

Information on funding and expenditure of non-departmental public bodies for 2006-07 and 2007-08 is published in the Cabinet Office annual publication “Public Bodies”. Copies of “Public Bodies” are available in the Libraries of the House and can be downloaded from:

www.civilservice.gov.uk/about/public/bodies.asp

Information for 2008-09 will be published in due course.