[holding answer 14 September 2009]: The following table sets out the budgets—comprising administration, programme and capital spend—of the Executive and Tribunal Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), Public Corporations and other bodies sponsored by the Department in the years (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.
Officials are currently preparing a set of figures covering the remaining NDPBs sponsored by the Department, including Advisory NDPBs. I will write to the hon. Member with this information when it is available.
Body 2008-09 Actual 2009-10 Budget 2010-11 Budget Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales 0.16 0.20 0.20 Agricultural Wages Committee 0.01 0.01 0.01 Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board1 0.00 0.00 0.00 Commission for Rural Communities 6.30 6.40 6.08 Consumer Council for Water2 0.00 0.00 0.00 Environment Agency3 715.70 762.60 799.90 Food From Britain4 10.70 0.00 0.00 Gangmasters Licensing Authority 3.12 4.29 4.02 Joint Nature Conservation Committee5 1.90 1.90 1.87 National Forest Company 3.60 3.60 3.51 Natural England6 223.74 213.46 168.23 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 26.60 28.50 25.50 Sea Fish Industry Authority 0.30 0.28 0.27 Sustainable Development Commission 2.88 3.06 2.00 Tribunal Non-Departmental Public Bodies Agricultural Land Tribunal (England) 0.04 0.28 0.28 Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal7 0.00 0.00 0.00 Public Corporations British Waterways8 62.65 58.34 48.55 Covent Garden Market Authority9 0.00 0.00 0.00 Other Bodies British Wool Marketing Board10 0.00 0.00 0.00 National Park Authorities and the Broads Authority 46.72 47.58 48.89 1 The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board is industry-funded. 2 The Consumer Council for Water (CCW) is funded by water consumers through a charge to water and sewerage companies in England and Wales by Ofwat. The amount is then passed to DEFRA and the Welsh Assembly Government (joint sponsor) to fund CCW’s operations. 3 Excludes Closed Pension Fund. £20 million of capital grant was brought forward from 2010-11 to 2009-10 for flood risk management work as part of the Government’s fiscal stimulus initiative. 4 The body was closed on 31 March 2009. 5 Represents costs only of DEFRA-funded JNCC work on reserved matters such as marine work beyond territorial waters, overseas territories and international conventions. Further funding is received from the Devolved Administrations. 6 Represents DEFRA core funding including (other than for 2010-11 where these are not yet due to be addressed) annually agreed elements for cost neutral recharges for common services such as IT and HR support. 7 The Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal is not currently active. 8 £5 million of capital grant was brought forward from 2010-11 to 2009-10 for infrastructure projects under the Government’s fiscal stimulus initiative. 9 The Covent Garden Market Authority is industry-funded. 10 The British Wool Marketing Board is self-funded through the sale of graded wool.