To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible. (314253)

Information on the number of non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) sponsored by my Department is published in the annual Cabinet Office report—“Public Bodies”. “Public Bodies 2009” is available online at:

www.civilservice.gov.uk/ndpb

Copies have been placed in the Libraries of the House.