C. GENERAL STATISTICS ON SELECT COMMITTEES
1. Printing Costs and Page Count
Total printing costs of Select Committees
in the financial year 2002-03 were £1,395,223.86; and, in
Session 2002-03, £1,410,009.14. The printing costs of Joint
Committees are borne by the House of Lords.
The published output of each Committee, including
Reports, Minutes of Evidence and Memoranda, is shown in the following
table.
1A. Page Count and Costs:
Financial Year 2002-03
Committee | Page Count
| Cost
£
|
Accommodation and Works | Nil
| Nil |
Administration | Nil
| Nil |
Broadcasting | Nil
| Nil |
Catering | 92
| 3,125.87 |
Culture, Media and Sport | 1,646
| 62,326.45 |
Defence | 1,588
| 58,709.79 |
Deregulation and Regulatory Reform* | 496
| 10,328.90 |
Education and Skills | 1,332
| 41,776.91 |
Environmental Audit | 996
| 43,970.21 |
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2,548
| 102,699.87 |
European Scrutiny | 2,692
| 62,727.36 |
Finance and Services | Nil
| Nil |
Foreign Affairs | 1,516
| 63,228.10 |
Health | 1,808
| 80,490.20 |
Home Affairs | 1,496
| 58,436.01 |
Information | 52
| 1,026.33 |
International Development | 1,628
| 54,539.10 |
Liaison | 92
| 2,988.36 |
Lord Chancellor's Department | Nil
| Nil |
Modernisation of the House of Commons | 140
| 7,603.58 |
Northern Ireland Affairs | 796
| 31,599.89 |
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions
| 1,420 | 49,642.34
|
Procedure | 442
| 17,271.32 |
Public Accounts | 2,800
| 92,197.23 |
* | Standing Order No. 141 was amended with effect from 14 May 2002 to leave out 'Deregulation and' from the Committee's name.
|
Committee | Page Count
| Cost
£ |
Public Administration | 1,136
| 41,774.55 |
Science and Technology | 1,618
| 54,543.65 |
Scottish Affairs | 376
| 11,993.45 |
Selection | Nil
| Nil |
Standards and Privileges | 256
| 5,239.60 |
Statutory Instruments | 44
| 895.59 |
Trade and Industry | 1,284
| 59,108.06 |
Transport | 2,604
| 124,333.55 |
Transport, Local Government and the Regions
| 1,208 | 52,028.78
|
Treasury | 2,830
| 111,307.79 |
Welsh Affairs | 1,120
| 44,066.85 |
Work and Pensions | 1,372
| 45,244.17 |
TOTAL | 37,428
| 1,395,223.86 |
| Standing Order No. 152 was amended with effect from 23 July 2002 to replace the Committee with two committees, covering the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions, and the Department of Transport.
|
1B. Page Count and Costs: Session
2002-03
Committee | Page Count
| Cost
£ |
Accommodation and Works | 16
| 330.70 |
Administration | 20
| 418.41 |
Broadcasting | 36
| 1,182.98 |
Catering | 16
| 337.52 |
Constitutional Affairs | 578
| 21,274.07 |
Culture, Media and Sport | 1,756
| 63,779.51 |
Defence | 1,336
| 46,586.07 |
Education and Skills | 1,588
| 54,438.63 |
Environmental Audit | 1,932
| 70,321.31 |
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2,928
| 103,500.93 |
European Scrutiny | 2,572
| 73,096.01 |
Finance and Services | Nil
| Nil |
Foreign Affairs | 1,364
| 49,749.70 |
Health | 2,190
| 83,683.89 |
Home Affairs | 1,110
| 38,820.80 |
Information | 16
| 337.52 |
International Development | 1,584
| 54,682.64 |
Liaison | 136
| 3,859.51 |
Modernisation of the House of Commons | 56
| 1,760.89 |
Northern Ireland Affairs | 1,108
| 42,404.23 |
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions
| 3,388 | 123,196.60
|
Procedure | 244
| 9,064.79 |
Public Accounts | 2,348
| 81,650.40 |
Public Administration | 976
| 33,762.69 |
Regulatory Reform | 548
| 13,488.04 |
Science and Technology | 2,070
| 72,320.80 |
Scottish Affairs | 404
| 13,637.47 |
| The Committee on the Lord Chancellor's Department was renamed Constitutional Affairs on 11 September 2003 as a result of a motion to amend Standing Order No. 152.
|
Committee | Page Count
| Cost
£ |
Selection | Nil
| Nil |
Standards and Privileges | 244
| 6,408.71 |
Statutory Instruments | 64
| 1,526.76 |
Trade and Industry | 1,840
| 70,719.30 |
Transport | 2,124
| 77,971.14 |
Treasury | 2,478
| 88,726.70 |
Welsh Affairs | 756
| 29,097.17 |
Work and Pensions | 2,124
| 77,873.25 |
TOTAL | 39,950
| 1,410,009.14 |
2A. Select Committee Expenses, Financial
Year 2002-2003
Committee | 1
| 2 | 3
| 4 | 5
| 6 | 7
| 8 |
| Overseas Visits+*
| UK Visits+ | Specialist Advisers; fees and expenses
| Work Commissioned, specialist publications, interpretation
| Transcription of evidence |
Witnesses' expenses | Entertainment and other minor expenses
| Total |
Departmental Committees | £
| £ | £
| £ | £
| £ | £
| £ |
Constitutional Affairs (previously Lord Chancellor's Department)
| - | -
| - | -
| 1,713.15 | 152.46
| - | 1,865.61
|
Culture, Media and Sport | 16,538.23
| 11,012.72 | 4,824.98
| - | 28,354.07
| 362.38 | 786.74
| 61,879.12 |
Defence | 95,430
| 11,842 | 24,429
| - | 35,902
| 1,434 | -
| 169,037 |
Education and Skills | 32,886.61
| 13,031.01 | 7,827.05
| 85.50 | 35,297.99
| 684.12 | 1,061.02
| 90,873.30 |
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 11,296.55
| 7,084.58 | 7,805.28
| 961.13 | 27,153.92
| 27.55 | 12.50
| 54,341.51 |
Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis Sub-Committee
| - | -
| - | -
| 2,963.12 | -
| - | 2,963.12
|
Broadband in Rural Areas Sub-Committee |
- | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
|
Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 Sub-Committee
| - | -
| - | -
| 1,110.38 | -
| - | 1,110.38
|
Delivery of Education in Rural Areas Sub-Committee
| - | -
| - | -
| 1,484.73 | -
| - | 1,484.73
|
Disposal of Refrigerators Sub-Committee |
- | -
| - | -
| 2,233.03 | -
| - | 2,233.03
|
Genetically Modified Organisms Sub-Committee
| - | -
| - | -
| 2,296.76 | -
| - | 2,296.76
|
Hazardous Waste Disposal Sub-Committee |
- | 1,354.40
| - | -
| 4,314.28 | -
| - | 5,668.68
|
Illegal Meat Imports Sub-Committee | -
| 40.00 | -
| - | 2,186.97
| - | -
| 2,226.97 |
Mid-Term Review of the CAP Sub-Committee |
- | -
| - | -
| 4,301.91 | -
| 37.50 | 4,339.41
|
Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy Sub-Committee
| - | -
| - | -
| 3,302.57 | 271.69
| - | 3,574.26
|
Rural Payments Agency Sub-Committee | -
| - | -
| - | 1,059.62
| - | -
| 1,059.62 |
Foreign Affairs | 109,593.96
| - | -
| - | 21,057.98
| 75.00 | 1,380.36
| 132,107.30 |
Health | 28,607.17
| 23,221.47 | 27,636.16
| - | 29,094.69
| 1,347.97 | 223.00
| 110,130.46 |
Maternity Services Sub-Committee | -
| - | -
| - | 4,819.04
| 170.20 | -
| 4,989.24 |
Home Affairs | 832.25
| 5,591.94 | -
| 1,552.53 | 30,051.81
| 1,135.36 | 586.10
| 39,749.99 |
International Development | 104,798.04
| 10,772.06 | 967.50
| 2,748.89 | 29,480.81
| 398.02 | -
| 149,165.32 |
Northern Ireland Affairs | 20,906.45
| 19,069.87 | 8,055.34
| 377.52 | 18,007.95
| 2,371.83 | 88.62
| 68,877.58 |
ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions
| 17,444.17 | 12,059.62
| 18,027.23 | 5,287.50
| 39,463.28 | 919.18
| 2,989.81 | 96,190.79
|
Urban Affairs Sub-Committee | -
| 5,525.76 | 9,342.77
| - | 17,340.90
| 355.01 | 0.43
| 32,564.87 |
Science and Technology | 54,939.08
| 6,824.33 | 14,616.96
| - | 25,805.45
| 1,047.88 | 599.79
| 103,833.49 |
Scottish Affairs | -
| 15,540.95 | -
| 215.50 | 10,797.08
| 353.13 | -
| 26,906.66 |
Trade and Industry | 121,004.82
(81.46)
| 9,326.82
(10,241.35) |
3,989.12
(12,424.02) | -
(706.44)
| 39,604.61
(18,347.47)
| -
(-) | 51.03
(-)
| 173,976.40
(41,800.74)
|
Transport | -
| - | 3,111.22
| - | 22,883.25
| 33.00 | -
| 26,027.47 |
Transport, Local Government and the Regions
| - | -
| 11,622.84 | -
| 6,372.97 | -
| - | 17,995.81
|
Transport Sub-Committee | 7,565.91
| 2,973.28 | 2,296.18
| - | 15,696.21
| - | -
| 28,531.58 |
Urban Affairs Sub-Committee | -
| 3,631.34 | 5,284.02
| - | 16,358.41
| 765.39 | -
| 26,039.16 |
Treasury | 19,609.12
| 7,084.14 | 6,779.50
| 4,800.31 | 58,546.25
| 1,041.57 | 665.50
| 98,526.39 |
Treasury Sub-Committee | 2,365.13
| - | 1,161.80
| - | 6,737.79
| - | -
| 10,264.72 |
Welsh Affairs | -
| 20,466.84 | 9,416
| 2,845.90 | 17,601.30
| 1,266.16 | 794.16
| 52,390.36 |
Work and Pensions | 75,132.76
| 15,206.15 | 5,572.75
| 1,309.25 | 22,406.28
| 1,266.31 | 240.20
| 121,133.70 |
Other Committees |
Accommodation and Works | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - |
Administration | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - |
Broadcasting | 2,726.22
| 1,762.39 | -
| - | -
| - | 4.97
| 4,493.58 |
Catering | -
| - | -
| - | 1,559.70
| - | -
| 1,559.70 |
Consolidation, & c., Bills (Joint Committee)
| - | -
| - | -
| 168.26 | -
| - | 168.26
|
Draft Communications Bill (Joint Committee)
| - | -
| - | 7,050.00
| 6,929.09 | -
| - | 13,979.09
|
Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee) |
- | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
|
Environmental Audit | 17,669.31
| 4,275.75 | 3,389.41
| 535.00 | 18,449.57
| 151.30 | 47.90
| 44,518.24 |
Education for Sustainable Development Sub-Committee
| - | -
| - | -
| 2,741.04 | -
| 3.30 | 2,744.34
|
European Scrutiny | 74,060.12
| 1,004.88 | 975.02
| 1,689.52 | 12,603.56
| - | 1,739.24
| 92,072.34 |
Finance and Services | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - |
House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee) |
- | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
|
Human Rights (Joint Committee) | 41,521.98
| 6,732.62 | 45,251.15
| - | 4,533.17
| 326.46 | 673.13
| 99,038.51 |
Information | 2,542.49
| 1,975.14 | 1,570.30
| 2,115 | -
| - | 117.30
| 8,319.96 |
Liaison | -
| - | -
| - | 4,015.21
| - | -
| 4,015.21 |
Liaison Sub-Committee | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - |
Modernisation | -
| 1,050.37 | -
| 927.00 | -
| - | -
| 1,977.37 |
Procedure | -
| 3,067.71 | 1,638.90
| - | 8,603.58
| - | 316.80
| 13,626.99 |
Public Accounts | -
| 1,106.30 | -
| 11,058.45 | 61,037.75
| - | 27.75
| 73,230.25 |
Public Administration | 8,785.34
| 4,782.84 | 9,462
| -71.50? | 33,541.40
| 291.97 | 66.75
| 56,858.80 |
Regulatory Reform | -
| 915.62 | -
| 49.50 | 2939.33
| - | 93.70
| 3,998.15 |
Selection | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - |
Standards and Privileges | 6,748.48
| - | -
| - | 926.38
| - | -
| 7,674.86 |
Statutory Instruments | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - |
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) |
- | -
| - | -
| 477.46 | -
| - | 477.46
|
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) |
- | -
| - | -
| 681.75 | -
| - | 681.75
|
2B. Select Committee Expenses, Session
2002-2003*
Committee | 1
| 2 | 3
| 4 | 5
| 6 | 7
| 8 |
| Overseas Visits+*
| UK Visits+ | Specialist Advisers; fees and expenses
| Work Commissioned, specialist publications, interpretation
| Transcription of evidence |
Witnesses' expenses | Entertainment and other minor expenses
| Total |
Departmental Committees | £
| £ | £
| £ | £
| £ | £
| £ |
Constitutional Affairs (previously Lord Chancellor's Department)
| 17,237.74 | 3,468.45
| 9,383.45 | -
| 14,300.08 | 333.06
| 771.92 | 45,636.77
|
Culture, Media and Sport | 58,902.31
| 1,506.88 | -
| - | 37,677.29
| 1,044.38 | -
| 99,130.86 |
Defence | 105,543.49
| 12,879.91 | 22,883.04
| - | 44,491.65
| 1,219.04 | 366.89
| 187,384.02 |
Education and Skills | 11,649.08
| 2,782.85 | 17,560.45
| - | 44,264.64
| 615.72 | -
| 76,872.74 |
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 54,217.36
| 30.83 | 5,862.03
| 2,000.05 | 30,885.01
| 27.55 | 190.94
| 93,213.77 |
Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis Sub-Committee
| - | -
| - | -
| 2,963.12 | -
| - | 2,963.12
|
Broadband in Rural Areas Sub-Committee |
- | -
| - | -
| 4,136.94 | -
| - | 4,136.94
|
Cetacean By-catch Sub-Committee | -
| - | -
| - | -
| 93.60 | -
| 93.60 |
Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 Sub-Committee
| - | -
| - | -
| 1,110.38 | -
| - | 1,110.38
|
Delivery of Education in Rural Areas Sub-Committee
| - | -
| - | -
| 3,987.83 | -
| - | 3,987.83
|
Environmental Directives Sub-Committee |
- | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
|
Mid-Term Review of the CAP Sub-Committee |
- | -
| - | -
| 3,296.23 | -
| 37.50 | 3,333.73
|
New Covent Garden Market Sub-Committee |
- | -
| - | -
| 2,334.96 | -
| - | 2,334.96
|
Poultry Farming in the United Kingdom Sub-Committee
| - | -
| - | -
| 3,216.92 | -
| - | 3,216.92
|
Reform of the CFP Sub-Committee | -
| - | -
| - | -
| 271.69 | -
| 271.69 |
Rural Payments Agency Sub-Committee | -
| - | -
| - | 1,059.62
| - | -
| 1,059.62 |
Vets and Veterinary Services Sub-Committee |
- | -
| - | -
| 3,213.74 | -
| - | 3,213.74
|
Foreign Affairs | 131,246.28
| 10,605.27 | 2,145.90
| - | 34,529.27
| 6,894.37 | 2,965.27
| 188,386.36 |
Health | 47,566.70
| 12,614.93 | 23,579.23
| - | 22,149.81
| 1,885.10 | 223.00
| 108,018.77 |
Maternity Services Sub-Committee | -
| - | 2,259.80
| - | 10,805.55
| 480.82 | -
| 13,546.17 |
Home Affairs | -
| 785.32 | -
| 525.85 | 31,862.55
| 198.81 | 213.50
| 33,586.03 |
International Development | 64,473.74
| 11,955.94 | 8,730.13
| 475.35 | 35,848.48
| - | 167.27
| 121,650.91 |
Northern Ireland Affairs | 18,550.09
| 30,994.26 | 14,216.05
| - | 22,817.31
| 5,184.83 | 1,136.40
| 92,898.94 |
ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions
| 48,385.54 | 16,970.64
| 18,027.32 | 5,672.50
| 36,636.22 | 1282.43
| 3,159.97 | 130,134.62
|
Urban Affairs Sub-Committee | -
| 5,410.75 | 9,014.22
| - | 17,340.90
| 355.01 | 768.99
| 32,889.87 |
Science and Technology | 83,822.90
| 7,770.51 | 24,529.34
| 1,650.59 | 28,242.40
| 1,292.29 | 599.10
| 147,907.13 |
Scottish Affairs | -
| 5,776.92 | 282.50
| - | 13,042.48
| 854.57 | 15.10
| 19,971.57 |
Trade and Industry | 66,620.43
(59,523.04)
| 9,901.68
(11,190.72) |
5,198.57
(12,980.02) | -
(706.44)
| 50,602.51
(36,313.27)
| 47.84
(-) | 500.00
(51.03)
| 132,871.03
(120,764.52)
|
Transport | 47,816.75
| 7,808.41 | 19,135.51
| 7,050.00 | 43,871.48
| 210.70 | 659.60
| 126,552.45 |
Treasury | 48,319.65
| 6,372.15 | 7,339.42
| 547.00 | 42,709.17
| 312.37 | 7,035.00
| 112,634.76 |
Treasury Sub-Committee | -
| - | 1,961.80
| - | 12,672.01
| - | -
| 14,633.81 |
Welsh Affairs | 43,652.47
(6,134.41)
| 20,393.60
(9,520.06) |
10,681.68
(9,903.93) | 2,454.95
(1,773.43)
| 16,758.67
(24,832.05)
| 2,632.95
(2,940.71) |
489.15
(306.50) | 97,063.47
(55,411.09)
|
Work and Pensions | 43,929.57
| 10,679.40 | 7,564.18
| - | 25,604.35
| 1,716.58 | 2,018.68
| 91,516.76 |
Work and Pensions IT Sub-Committee | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - |
Other Committees |
Accommodation and Works | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - |
Administration | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - |
Broadcasting | 3,205.41
| 1,762.39 | -
| - | -
| - | 4.97
| 4,972.77 |
Catering | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - |
Consolidation, & c., Bills (Joint Committee)
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
|
Draft Civil Contingencies Bill (Joint Committee)
| - | -
| - | -
| 4,055.36 | -
| - | 4,055.36
|
Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee) |
- | -
| 6,334.40 | -
| 3,708.66 | 136.17
| - | 10,179.23
|
Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee) | -
| - | -
| 50.99 | -
| - | -
| 50.99 |
Draft Mental Incapacity Bill (Joint Committee)
| - | -
| - | -
| 6,714.29 | 878.03
| - | 7,592.32
|
Environmental Audit | 238.02
| 403.40 | 2,566.76
| 225.00 | 20,651.52
| 78.00 | 558.15
| 24,720.85 |
Education for Sustainable Development Sub-Committee
| - | 1,277.10
| 3,218.44 | -
| 6,877.99 | 109.95
| 16.24 | 11,499.72
|
European Scrutiny | 67,719.74
| - | -
| 385.00 | 11,484.46
| - | 2,419.68
| 82,008.88 |
Finance and Services | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - |
House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee) |
- | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
|
Human Rights (Joint Committee) | 1,875.74
| 2,827.85 | 31,066.86
| - | 2,314.56
| 407.45 | 689.15
| 39,181.61 |
Information | 2,036.26
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| 2,036.26 |
Liaison | -
| - | -
| - | 4,327.29
| - | -
| 4,327.29 |
Liaison Sub-Committee | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - |
Modernisation | -
| 4,588.46 | -
| 927.00 | -
| - | -
| 5,515.46 |
Procedure | -
| - | -
| 43.65 | 10,488.37
| - | -
| 10,532.02 |
Public Accounts | 17,478.93
| 6,806.42 | -
| - | 54,082.50
| - | 27.75
| 78,395.60 |
Public Administration | 29,426.13
| 5,362.59 | 16,256.66
| - | 27,604.94
| 209.77 | -
| 78,860.09 |
Regulatory Reform | -
| - | -
| - | 3,088.44
| - | -
| 3,088.44 |
Selection | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - |
Standards and Privileges | -
| - | -
| - | 2,195.38
| - | -
| 2,195.38 |
Statutory Instruments | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - |
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) |
- | -
| - | -
| 477.46 | -
| - | 477.46
|
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) |
- | -
| - | -
| 801.06 | -
| - | 801.06
|
* | Includes some expenditure by Committees in Session 2001-02
|
+ | Includes travel in a representative capacity
|
? | Recredited from yearly magazine subscription
|
| The figures in brackets are for the Financial Year 2001-02 which were not included in HC 1, Session 2001-02
|
3. Select Committee Staff
Details of the staff serving a particular Select Committee are
set out in the entry for that Committee. One member of staff may
fill more than one Committee post.
Furthermore, in many cases, Committee staff carry out duties in
the service of the House unrelated to their work for a particular
Committee. For some staff, especially those working in offices
other than the Committee Office, those duties account for most
of their work. This analysis of the staff who served Select Committees
during Session 2002-03 is therefore presented Office by Office.
NUMBERS AND GRADES OF STAFF SERVING SELECT COMMITTEES
Committee Office
Principal Clerks* | 5 |
Deputy Principal/Senior Clerks | 33
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Assistant Clerks | 6 |
Committee Assistants: | |
Senior Executive Officers | 3
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Higher Executive Officers | 19
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Chief Office Clerks | 3 |
Senior Office Clerks | 2 |
NAO Audit Officers on secondment | 2
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Committee Specialists | 19 |
Secretaries** | 29.8 |
*The Committee Office has five Principal Clerks who have supervisory
and management responsibilities. Three of these performed additional
functions as Clerks of Select or Joint Committees. The Clerk of
Committees is Clerk of the Liaison Committee and of the Modernisation
Committee; one Principal Clerk of Select Committees is Second
Clerk of the Liaison Committee; and the Clerk of Domestic Committees
is Clerk of the Finance and Services Committee.
**Includes Personal Secretaries to Principal Clerks, and Secretaries
providing support for Committees supported by Clerks in the Journal
Office and Legislation Service.
The Scrutiny Unit
The Scrutiny Unit of the Committee Office provides briefing for
select committees on request; it has particular expertise in government
expenditure and the estimates, accountancy and the law. The Unit
carried out 93 tasks for 20 committees in Session 2002-03. Its
staff also contributed to the work of five Joint Committees, which
were chiefly involved in pre-legislative scrutiny:
Joint Committee on the draft Civil Contingencies Bill
Joint Committee on the draft Corruption Bill
Joint Committee on the draft Gambling Bill
Joint Committee on the draft Mental Incapacity Bill
Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills
(see separate entries in the Committee section of the Return).
The numbers and grades of staff in the Unit as at 20 November
2003 are:
2 Deputy Principal Clerks
5 Specialists on secondment:
1 Estimates specialist from a government department
2 NAO Audit Officers
1 statistician from the House of Commons Library
1 postgraduate student from the Economic and Social Research
Council
4 Committee Specialists
1 Higher Executive Officer
3 Chief Office Clerks
1 Office Support Assistant
Further details about the Unit's work during the session will
appear in the Liaison Committee's Annual Report for 2003.
Journal Office
A Deputy Principal Clerk was also Clerk of the Procedure Committee
and one Deputy Principal Clerk was Second Clerk of the Modernisation
Committee.
A Senior Clerk assisted the Clerk of the Committee on Standards
and Privileges; and an Assistant Clerk in the Office assisted
the Clerk of the Procedure Committee.
Legislation Service
The Clerk of Legislation (a Principal Clerk) was Commons Clerk
of the Joint Committee on House of Lords Reform.
The Clerk of Delegated Legislation (a Principal Clerk) has supervisory
responsibility for staff of the Regulatory Reform and European
Scrutiny Committees, for the Joint and Select Committees on Statutory
Instruments and for the Joint Committee on Human Rights. He is
supported by a Personal Secretary.
The following staff served the European Scrutiny Committee: 1
Deputy Principal Clerk, 1 Senior Clerk, 4 Senior Clerks (Clerk/Advisers
with specialist experience), 1 Higher Executive Officer, 1 Chief
Office Clerk, 1 Senior Office Clerk, 4 Secretaries and 1 Office
Support Assistant. The Committee was assisted by the Counsel for
European legislation and by an Assistant Legal Adviser. The Chief
Office Clerk also supported the Regulatory Reform Committees and
the Joint and Select Committees on Statutory Instruments. One
of the Secretaries also supported the Regulatory Reform Committee.
The Office Support Assistant also supported the Joint and Select
Committees on Statutory Instruments.
A Senior Clerk was Clerk of the Regulatory Reform Committee, Clerk
of the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments and Commons Clerk
of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
The Regulatory Reform Committee was assisted by the Counsel for
Legislation, the two Assistant Counsel and a Committee Specialist,
in addition to the staff shared with the European Scrutiny Committee.
The Joint and Select Committees on Statutory Instruments were
assisted by the Counsel for Legislation, the two Assistant Counsel
and a Secretary, in addition to the staff shared with the European
Scrutiny Committee.
A Deputy Principal Clerk was Commons Clerk of the Joint Committee
on Human Rights, which was also served by a legal Adviser (employed
jointly with the House of Lords), a Committee Specialist, a Committee
Assistant and a Secretary.
An Assistant Clerk in the Public Bill Office was also Clerk of
the Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills. Another Assistant
Clerk in the Public Bill Office was also Commons Clerk of the
Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills.
An Assistant Clerk in the Private Bill Office was also Clerk of
the Committee on Selection. She was assisted by a Chief Office
Clerk who otherwise provided general support for the Committee
Office and (until August 2003) the Private Bill Office and (from
August 2003) the Overseas Office.
General
In addition the following staff in the Committee Office provided
support for the work of Select Committees as a whole, not assigned
to a particular Committee:
1 Office Manager
1 Deputy Office Manager
1 Chief Office Clerk
1 Assistant Office Manager
1 Senior Office Clerk
7 Office Support Assistants
Note: two of these staff also provided support to the Private
Bill Office, part of the Legislation Service (until August 2003)
and to the Overseas Office (from August 2003). The Office Manager
and Deputy Office Manager also provided services to the Clerk's
Department as a whole.
Staff costs for the Committee Office in financial year 2002-03
were approximately £5.2m.
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