To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible. (314256)

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 2008 is available online at:

www.civilservice.gov.uk/ndpb

Copies have been placed in the Libraries of the House. Public Bodies 2009 will be published shortly.