Sessional Returns 2000-01 - Contents


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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