10. SELECT COMMITTEES
B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
27. Public Administration
The Committee was nominated on 16 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 18 meetings.
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Wright, Dr Tony (Chairman) | 17
|
Campbell, Mr Ronnie | 4
|
Lammy, Mr David (added, 5.3.01) | 3
|
Lepper, Mr David | 10
|
McFall, Mr John (added, 3.3.00 and discharged, 5.3.01)
| 1 |
Oaten, Mr Mark | 7
|
Townend, Mr John | 0
|
Trend, Mr Michael | 15
|
Turner, Mr Neil | 15
|
Tyrie, Mr Andrew | 14
|
White, Mr Brian | 15
|
Wright, Mr Anthony D | 10
|
|
Overall attendance: | 56.1 %
|
Number of Members added: | 1
|
Number of Members discharged: | 1
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
9 % |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Ms Alda Barry, Deputy Principal Clerk
(Senior Structure Band 2).
Committee Specialist: Mr Christopher Carrington (Band B1).
Committee Assistant: Ms Clare Genis, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2 ).
Secretary: Ms Jenny Cowan, Secretary (Band D1).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Vivien Lowndes and Professor Patrick Dunleavy.
Witnesses |
|
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Other Ministers (both of whom were Members of the House of Lords)
| 2 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of
| |
Cabinet Office
| 8 |
Department for Education and Employment
| 1 |
Department of Environment Transport and the Regions
| 1 |
Department of Health
| 4 |
Home Office (Immigration and Nationality Directorate)
| 3 |
Department of Social Security (The Benefits Agency)
| 1 |
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 6 |
comprising:
| |
Centre for Management and Policy Studies
| 3 |
Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments
| 1 |
Office of the Information Commissioner
| 2 |
Members of Parliament (of whom one was a Member of the House of Lords)
| 3 |
Appearances by other witnesses
| 7 |
|
|
The following officials also attended meetings of the Committee:
| |
|
|
Mr Michael Buckley, Parliamentary Ombudsman and Health Service Ombudsman
| 5 |
Miss Hilary Scottt, Deputy Health Service Ombudsman
| 1 |
Mr Alan Watson, Deputy Parliamentary Ombudsman
| 2 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
25-26.1.01
| Newcastle
| 7 |
2 | Inquiry into Making Government Work
| £3,729.43
|
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No.
(2000-2001)
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government
reply
|
First Report: Annual Report of the Health Service Ombudsman for 1998-99
| 60 |
20.12.00 |
52 | £9.70
| Received 21.3.01: published as Second Special Report, Session 2000-2001
|
Second Report: Ministerial Accountability and Parliamentary Questions
| 61 |
17.1.01 |
98 | £13.60
| Awaited
|
Third Report: The Ministerial Code: Improving the Rule Book
| 235 |
14.2.01 |
30 | £7.00
| Awaited
|
Fourth Report: Special Advisers: Boon or Bane?
| 293 |
13.3.01 |
47 | £8.80
| Awaited
|
Fifth Report: Mapping the Quango State
| 367 |
30.3.01 |
67 | £10.60
| Awaited
|
Annex | 367-II
| 4.5.01
| 80 |
£11.50
| Not applicable
|
Sixth Report: Public Participation: Issues and Innovations
| 373-I |
5.4.01 |
37 | £8.00
| Awaited
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices
| 373-II
| 23.4.01
| 315 |
£24.25
| Not applicable
|
Seventh Report: Making Government Work: The Emerging Issues
| 94 |
10.4.01 |
27 | £6.50
| Awaited
|
First Special Report: Response to the Fifth Report of Session 1999-2000
| 264 |
22.2.01 |
11 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
Second Special Report: Response to the First Report of Session 2000-2001
| 374 |
3.4.01 |
9 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Annual Report of the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments
| 27-i |
16.2.01 |
12 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Annual Report of the Parliamentary Ombudsman
| 62-i |
5.3.01 |
9 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Annual Report of the Health Service Ombudsman
| 62-ii |
2.7.01 |
13 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Annual Report of the Health Service Ombudsman
| 63-i |
5.3.01 |
10 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Annual Report of the Parliamentary Ombudsman
| 63-ii |
2.7.01 |
12 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Making Government Work
| 94-i |
20.3.01 |
11 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Making Government Work
| 94-ii |
20.3.01 |
16 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Making Government Work
| 94-iii
| 22.3.01
| 27 |
£7.00 |
Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Making Government Work
| 94-iv |
17.5.01 |
15 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Making Government Work
| 94-v |
29.6.01 |
19 | £5.50
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Making Government Work
| 94-vi |
5.7.01 |
12 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Making Government Work
| 94-vii
| 5.7.01
| 21 |
£5.50 |
Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Government Annual Report
| 413-i |
2.7.01 |
12 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Developments in Freedom of Information
| 439-i |
2.7.01 |
11 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1999-2000
will be published on 23.7.01 as HC 792, Session 1999-2000. The
Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2000-2001
will be published on 23.7.01 as HC 499, Session 2000-2001.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
31.1.01 | One, on whether the Committee call the Prime Minister's Press Secretary to give evidence on his work as a special adviser
|
7.2.01 | One, on whether the Committee call the Cabinet Secretary to give evidence on the work of the Prime Minister's Press Secretary
|
7.2.01 | Seven, on Amendments proposed to Chairman's draft Report on the Ministerial Code: Improving the Rule Book
|
28.2.01 | Twenty-four, on Amendments proposed to Chairman's draft Report on Special Advisers: Boon or Bane?
|
21.3.01 | Two, on Amendments proposed to Chairman's draft Report on Mapping the Quango State
|
28.3.01 | Four, on Amendments proposed to Chairman's draft Report on Making Government Work: The Emerging Issues
|
Debates
None.
Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 11 of the Committee's
18 meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken
partly or wholly in private.
Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
Annual Report of the Health Service Ombudsman
| 2 [one of these sessions shared with the Parliamentary Ombudsman]
|
Annual Report of the Parliamentary Ombudsman
| 2 [one of these sessions shared with Health Service Ombudsman]
|
Annual Report of the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments
| 1 |
Developments in Freedom of Information
| 1 |
Government Annual Report
| 1 |
Making Government Work
| 5 |
Total | 11
|
| The Committee also took oral evidence on this inquiry in Session 1999-2000; figures appear in the Return for that Session (HC 100 (1999-2000))
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