The Sub-committee was nominated on 14 May 1998.

It had 12 Members and held 7 meetings.

Members	Meetings attended
Lloyd, Sir Peter (Chairman)	5
Blackman, Mrs Liz	4
Bruce, Mr Malcolm (discharged, 31.7.98)	0
Cable, Dr Vincent (added, 31.7.98)	1
Clarke, Mr Charles (discharged, 9.11.98)	2
Cousins, Mr Jim	3
Davies, Mr Quentin (discharged, 15.6.98)	0
Gibb, Mr Nick (added, 15.6.98)	4
Kelly, Ms Ruth (discharged, 9.11.98)	0
Kidney, Mr David (added, 2.3.98)	5
Moonie, Dr Lewis (added, 9.11.98)	0
Radice, Mr Giles	1
Sedgemore, Mr Brian	0
Smith, Jacqui (added, 9.11.98)	1
Spicer, Sir Michael	1
Taylor, Sir Teddy	2

Overall attendance:   34.5 %

Number of Members added:  4

Number of Members discharged:  4

Turnover of membership during the Session:   33 %

Staff

Sub-committee Clerk: Ms J A Long

Other Committee staff: Mr J R Lepper, Specialist Assistant (Grade 8); Ms J Fox, Senior Executive Officer (Grade 8); and Miss M Owens, Secretary (Grade 12).

Specialist Advisers during the Session

None

Witnesses

Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:

Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:-

HM Treasury:    3

Office for National Statistics*:  3

Appearances by other witnesses:  8

*The ONS is both a Department and an Executive Agency

Overseas Visits

None

Visits to European Institutions in Brussels and Strasbourg

None

UK Visits

Date	Destination	Members	Staff	Purpose	Cost
9.7.98	Office for National Statistics, London	4	3	Briefings	£33.44

Reports and Minutes of Evidence  

None

Divisions

None

Debates

None

Evidence

Oral evidence was taken at 3 of the Sub-committee's 7 meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private. The Sub-committee received 33 memoranda, of which 4 came from Government departments (2 of these came from a Government department which is also an agency). The Sub-committee published 3 memoranda.

Inquiry	No. of oral evidence sessions	No. of memoranda received	No. of memoranda received from Government departments/ executive agencies/ associated public bodies	No. of memoranda published	No. of memoranda made available in the Record Office for public use and placed in the Library
Office for National Statistics	3	33	4 of which/2/0	3	0