Sessional Returns 2002-03 - Contents


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 Clerks33
Assistant Clerks6
Committee Assistants:
Senior Executive Officers3
Higher Executive Officers19
Chief Office Clerks3
Senior Office Clerks2
NAO Audit Officers on secondment2
Committee Specialists19
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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