Non-departmental Public Bodies Mr. Hurd To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which non-departmental public bodies are sponsored by his Department; what the function is of each body; and what the annual budget of each body was in the most recent year for which figures are available. Mr. Dhanda The Department for Education and Skills publishes a list of the non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) it sponsors and their function in Annex M of the Departmental Report. The latest copy was published under Command paper Cm 6811 to 6838 in May 2006. In addition to those bodies listed in Annex M, the Department has recently set up two other Executive NDPBs: the Office of the Children's Commissioner, with the function of promoting the interests of and acting as the voice of all children and young people in England, the Quality Improvement Agency, which is to provide a national focus for quality improvement in the learning and skills sector, enabling providers to improve performance, respond to strategic change and build capacity for self improvement. The annual budgets for the grant in aid funding for the Executive NDPBs for FY2005-06, the last year for which figures are available is shown in the following table: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Name of NDPB |Grant in aid budget for 2005-06 (£) | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Executive NDPBs | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Adult Learning Inspectorate |26,100,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |British Educational Communications and Technology Agency|12,500,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service |101,000,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Construction Industry Training Board |Funded by a levy raised on the industry| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Engineering Construction Industry Training Board |Funded by a levy raised on the industry| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Higher Education Funding Council for England |6,625,000,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Investors In People UK |5,700,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Learning and Skills Council |10,516,900,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National College for School Leadership |93,600,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Office for Fair Access |400,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Office of the Children’s Commissioner |3,000,000 in set up phase | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Partnership for Schools |3,500,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Qualifications and Curriculum Authority |151,000,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Quality Improvement Agency |Not set up until FY 2006-07 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |School Food Trust |0 in set up phase | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sector Skills Development Agency |67,400,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Student Loan Company |58,800,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Training and Development Agency for Schools |634,200,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Department is also responsible for the following Advisory NDPBs which do not receive funding from DfES: School Teachers’ Review Body which reports to the Prime Minister and to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills on the statutory pay and conditions of school teachers in England and Wales; Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy which provides advice to the Government and monitors the overall success of the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, to reduce teenage pregnancy and increase the participation of teenage parents in education, training and work, and Teachers’ TV which provides advice on the content of programming to be broadcast on the Teachers TV channel.