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Non-Departmental Public Bodies

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills for which non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible; and what the budget of each is for 2009-10. (290087)

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.

£ million

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

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many times the (a) Aerospace Innovation and Growth Leadership Council, (b) Business Council for Britain, (c) Capital for Enterprise Advisory Board, (d) Environmental Innovations Advisory Group, (e) Ethnic Minority Business Task Force, (f) Ministerial Advisory Body on Manufacturing, (g) Motorsport Development UK Advisory Board, (h) Risk and Regulatory Advisory Council, (i) Vulnerable Workers Pilot Practitioners’ Panel and (j) Women’s Enterprise Task Force has met in each of the last four years; and when each body was established. (291902)

The information is as follows.

Times met in:

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

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