The NDPBs for which the Department is responsible in 2009-10 and their budget are set out in the following table. Where the budget figures and BIS funding are different, this is because the bodies receive funding from other sources such as other Government Departments.
Name of body Department funding Budget 2009-10 Executive NDPBs Learning and Skills Council 4525 12,158 Higher Education Funding Council for England 7809 7809 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 814 814 Science and Technology Facilities Council 630 630 Medical Research Council 658 658 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council 452 452 North West RDA 397 397 Advantage West Midlands (RDA) 295 295 Yorkshire Forward (RDA) 317 317 Natural Environment Research Council 408 408 Technology Strategy Board 254 323 One North East (RDA) 249 249 South West of England RDA 157 157 East Midlands RDA 160 160 South East England RDA 165 165 Economic and Social Research Council 170 170 East of England RDA 136 136 Arts and Humanities Research Council 104 104 UK CES (plus 23 SSCs) 89 89 Student Loans Company 81 81 Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) 52.3 57 Consumer Focus 17 17 Competition Commission 21 21 UK Atomic Energy Authority 7 7 Design Council 6 Investors in People UK (now part of UK CES) 5 5 Competition Service/Competition Appeals Tribunal 4 2009-10. Includes Competition Appeals Tribunal Local Better Regulation Office 4 4 Capital for Enterprise Ltd 2 2 Office for Fair Access 0.5 1 British Hallmarking Council 0 0 Construction Industry Training Board 0 Nil—funded from employer levy Engineering Construction Industry Training Board 0 Nil—funded from employer levy Film Industry Training Board for England and Wales 0 Nil—funded from employer levy Hearing Aid Council 0 £1.5 funded by user fees National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) 0 Nil—funded by endowment from National Lottery Simpler Trade Procedures Board (SITPRO) 0.76 0.76 Tribunal NDPBs Central Arbitration Committee 0.7 0.7 Copyright Tribunal 0.15 0.15 Insolvency Practitioners' Tribunal 0 0 Competition Appeals Tribunal/Competition Service See competition service See competition service Advisory NDPBs Council for Science and Technology 0.15 0.15 Industrial Development Advisory Board 0 0 Low Pay Commission 1 1 Regional Industrial Development Boards 0 0 Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property 0 0 Union Modernisation Fund Supervisory Board 0 0 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Board 0 0
The information is as follows.
Name of body Established (date) 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Aerospace Innovation and Growth Leadership Council November 2005 1 2 1 1— 1— Business Council for Britain June 2007 n/a n/a 1 3 3 Capital for Enterprise Advisory Board July 2005 5 12 11 3 1— Environmental Innovations Advisory Group July 2003 4 1 1 1— 1— Ethnic Minority Business Task Force June 2007 n/a n/a 2 3 3 Ministerial Advisory Group on Manufacturing January 2008 n/a n/a n/a 6 2 Motorsport Development UK Advisory Board November 2003 4 4 4 4 1 Risk and Regulation Advisory Council January 2008 n/a n/a n/a 11 6 Vulnerable Workers Pilot Practitioners’ Panel November 2006 n/a 1 2 1 1— Women’s Enterprise Task Force November 2006 n/a n/a 3 3 3 n/a = not applicable 1 Ended