Agencies

80.

Mr. Key
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what further agencies will be established in the next four months.

81.

Mr. Hind
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what proposals he has to create further next steps agencies.

Mr. Luce
My noble Friend the Lord Chancellor today launched the Land Registry as an executive agency. This takes the total number of established agencies to 32, together employing some 80,000 staff. In addition, I expect the national physical laboratory and national engineering laboratory to be launched as executive agencies soon.