Sessional Returns 2003-04 - Contents


C  GENERAL STATISTICS ON SELECT COMMITTEES

1  Printing Costs and Page Count

Total printing costs of Select Committees in the financial year 2003-04 were £1,599,696.95; and, in Session 2003-04, £1,531,949.79. The printing costs of Joint Committees are borne by the House of Lords.

The published output of each Committee, including Reports, Oral and Written Evidence and Memoranda, is shown in the following table.

1A  Page Count and Costs: Financial Year 2003-04

CommitteePage Count Cost
£
Accommodation and Works44 1,240.03
Administration20 418.41
Broadcasting36 1,182.98
Catering16 337.52
Constitutional Affairs[17] 1,25046,761.33
Culture, Media & Sport1,922 72,046.17
Defence2,016 72,831.50
Education and Skills1,424 53,485.48
Environmental Audit2,392 88,872.39
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 3,144 116,329.57
European Scrutiny2,908 91,241.86
Finance and ServicesNil Nil
Foreign Affairs1,436 54,085.58
Health2,114 81,636.67
Home Affairs1,190 47,056.59
Information16 337.52
International Development1,532 56,882.38
Liaison196 6,026.54
Modernisation of the House of Commons 80 2,260.17
Northern Ireland Affairs1,112 40,634.11
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions 3,168120,149.65
Procedure496 15,710.24
Public Accounts2,684 98,557.86
Public Administration1,204 41,750.67
Regulatory Reform432 13,272.71
Science and Technology2,198 79,732.77
Scottish Affairs424 14,946.26
SelectionNil Nil
Standards and Privileges928 25,235.92
Statutory Instruments60 1,449.29
Trade and Industry1,948 75,751.67
Transport2,164 80,510.21
Treasury2,674 100,042.76
Welsh Affairs696 26,033.65
Work and Pensions1,964 72,886.49
TOTAL43,888 1,599,696.95


1B  Page Count and Costs: Session 2003-04

CommitteePage Count Cost
£
Accommodation and Works40 1,159.91
Administration20 425.60
Broadcasting8 178.85
Catering12 246.75
Constitutional Affairs1,324 50,516.31
Culture, Media & Sport1,372 51,331.90
Defence1,616 58,526.93
Education and Skills1,592 59,880.97
Environmental Audit1,848 68,241.59
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2,988 111,918.47
European Scrutiny2,740 87,487.28
Finance and ServicesNil Nil
Foreign Affairs1,728 62,928.29
Health2,428 95,000.14
Home Affairs1,252 49,917.19
Information16 343.35
International Development1,578 58,842.78
Liaison156 5,152.88
Modernisation of the House of Commons 164 6,327.96
Northern Ireland Affairs848 31,855.15
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions 3,480132,564.19
Procedure496 14,641.03
Public Accounts2,412 89,540.13
Public Administration1,268 45,941.17
Regulatory Reform584 18,449.52
Science and Technology2,532 94,198.30
Scottish Affairs312 11,371.83
SelectionNil Nil
Standards and Privileges860 22,444.44
Statutory Instruments36 894.06
Trade and Industry1,384 52,137.04
Transport1,472 53,620.06
Treasury2,582 98,253.85
Welsh Affairs920 34,145.81
Work and Pensions1,652 63,466.06
TOTAL41,720 1,531,949.79




2  Select Committee Expenses

2A  Financial Year 2003-04

CommitteeOverseas Visits+* UK Visits+Specialist Advisers; fees and expenses* Work Commissioned, specialist publications, interpretation Transcription of evidenceWitnesses' expenses Entertainment and other minor expenses Total
Departmental Committees£ £££ £££ £
Constitutional Affairs 16,959.23 3,282.7318,746.20135.45 27,694.78945.26-46.66 67,716.99
Culture, Media and Sport71,866.51 947.882,856.70385.00 31,158.07777.001,113.21 109,104.37
Defence126,508.045,643.00 21,502.07-41,848.56 327.22509.80196,338.69
Education and Skills66,496.67 2,768.6924,870.35- 37,528.44435.4545.00 132,144.60
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs62,790.57 3,392.921,426.401,812.95 37,556.562,447.99294.79 109,722.18
Broadband in Rural Areas Sub-Committee- --- 4,136.94-- 4,136.94
Cetacean By-Catch Sub-Committee- --- 3,291.2193.60- 3,384.81
Delivery of Education in Rural Areas Sub-Committee --- -3,987.83- -3,987.83
Environmental Directives Sub-Committee- --- 4,460.61-- 4,460.61
Milk Pricing Sub-Committee- --- 4,119.94-- 4,119.94
New Covent Garden Market - a follow-up Sub-Committee --- -2,334.96- -2,334.96
Poultry Farming in the United Kingdom Sub-Committee --- -3,216.92- -3,216.92
Sites of Specific Scientific Interest Sub-Committee --- ---- -
Toxins in Shellfish Sub-Committee- --- 1,179.21-- 1,179.21
Vets and Veterinary Services Sub-Committee ---- 3,213.74-- 3,213.74
Foreign Affairs165,323.25 1,550.714,195.30403.74 35,459.326,984.342,347.84 216,264.50
Health51,168.5117,384.96 19,601.36-23,800.98 1,477.64-113,433.45
CommitteeOverseas Visits+* UK Visits+Specialist Advisers; fees and expenses* Work Commissioned, specialist publications, interpretation Transcription of evidenceWitnesses' expenses Entertainment and other minor expenses Total
Maternity Services Sub-Committee- --- ----
Home Affairs-1,282.27 2,345.40923.1032,612.85 198.81219.0037,581.43
International Development78,078.10 4,021.5016,517.831,018.90 27,467.70602.07- 127,706.10
Northern Ireland Affairs8,275.73 31,786.506,870.17- 26,449.035,543.07185.00 79,109.50
ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions 44,287.0012,941.0018,980.00 453.0036,301.003,254.00 944.00117,160.00
Urban Affairs Sub-Committee10,174.00 4,550.0011,544.00- 8,527.0075.00- 34,870.00
Science and Technology63,947.16 8,519.9219,709.2412,372.34 28,303.651,823.00912.67 135,587.98
Scottish Affairs12,744.58 11,082.47-694.88 12,776.72588.95- 37,887.60
Trade and Industry47,769.99 7,353.102,393.41- 39,653.66410.24500.00 98,080.40
Transport123,318.238,690.05 19,653.692,350.0039,304.60 586.80911.50194,814.87
Treasury52,094.00560.00 8,286.009,436.0036,063.00 171.00171.00106,781.00
Treasury Sub-Committee3,379.00 --- 13,358.0069.00- 16,806.00
Welsh Affairs44,296.06 11,831.5710,010.745,133.25 20,359.762,878.0128.72 94,538.11
Work and Pensions55,209.26 13,769.659,248.681,000.14 21,851.901,070.52573.52 102,723.67
IT Sub-Committee-- --3,567.77 --3,567.77
Other Committees           
Accommodation and Works- ---- ---
Administration-- --- ---
Broadcasting479.19- --- --479.19
Catering-- --- ---
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) --- -214.07- -214.07
CommitteeOverseas Visits+* UK Visits+Specialist Advisers; fees and expenses* Work Commissioned, specialist publications, interpretation Transcription of evidenceWitnesses' expenses Entertainment and other minor expenses Total
Draft Civil Contingencies Bill (Joint Committee) --- -4,055.00- -4,055.00
Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee) --6,334.00 -3,709.00136.00 -10,179.00
Draft Disability Discrimination Bill (Joint Committee) --- -3,387.00- -3,387.00
Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee)13,934.00 3,731.0027,245.001,200.00 12,792.00261.0051.00 59,214.00
Draft Mental Incapacity Bill (Joint Committee) --9,027.00 2,324.006,714.001,039.00 -19,104.00
Environmental Audit238.02 6,811.702,741.90265.65 21,441.48407.381886.00 33,792.13
Education for Sustainable Development Sub-Committee -1,177.201,469.69 -3,520.80109.95 7.006,284.64
Environmental Crime Sub-Committee- --- 3,568.001,228.00- 4,796.00
European Scrutiny42,032.04 523.31-1,080.33 9,835.47-640.04 54,111.19
Finance and Services- ---- ---
House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee) ---- --- -
Human Rights (Joint Committee)6,344.94 -540.599,151.68 179.743,906.78436.65 137.6019,616.80
Information416.2627.04 --- --443.30
Liaison-- --4,345.06 --4,345.06
Liaison Sub-Committee- ---- ---
Modernisation-7,011.59 -9367.091,272.37 69.40-17,720.45
Procedure-- --9,754.75 --9,754.75
Public Accounts16,024.69 2,636.42-- 27,336.04-- 45,997.15
Public Administration28,329.72 2,651.2312,350.3818.00 24,150.8537.60- 67,537.78
Regulatory Reform-- --1,075.48 -176.701,252.18
CommitteeOverseas Visits+* UK Visits+Specialist Advisers; fees and expenses* Work Commissioned, specialist publications, interpretation Transcription of evidenceWitnesses' expenses Entertainment and other minor expenses Total
Selection-- --- ---
Standards and Privileges- ---6,155.83 --6,155.83
Statutory Instruments- ---- ---
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) ---- 707.75-- 707.75
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) ---- --- -



* Includes some expenditure by Committees in Financial Year 2002-03

+ Includes travel in a representative capacity

Refund

2B  Session 2003-04

CommitteeOverseas Visits+* UK Visits+*Specialist Advisers; fees and expenses* Work Commissioned, specialist publications, interpretation Transcription of evidenceWitnesses' expenses Entertainment and other minor expenses Total
Departmental Committees£ £££ £££ £
Constitutional Affairs 42,241.83 508.3213,461.24- 31,800.85973.5666.75 89,052.55
Culture, Media and Sport71,161.86 19,898.792,856.70- 28,304.35529.401,150.64 123,901.74
Maritime Heritage and Historic Ships Sub-Committee --- ---- -
Defence85,520.329,054.35 24,583.38212.0041,315.49 328.60794.80161,808.94
Education and Skills85,628.44 4,773.3923,576.08- 48,551.892,706.13128.52 165,364.45
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs16,216.54 8,532.32-1,465.42 34,454.352,791.94966.47 64,427.04
Cetacean By-Catch Sub-Committee- --- 3,291.21-- 3,291.21
Draft Animal Welfare Bill Sub-Committee ---- 15,441.09543.75- 15,984.84
Environmental Directives Sub-Committee- --- 4,460.61-- 4,460.61
Food Information Sub-Committee- --- 6,988.88-- 6,988.88
Future for UK Fishing Sub-Committee- --- ----
GM Planting Regime Sub-Committee- --- 2,704.66-- 2,704.66
Government's Rural Delivery Strategy Sub-Committee --- --77.14 -77.14
Milk Pricing Sub-Committee- --- 5,072.37-- 5,072.37
Reform of the Sugar Regime Sub-Committee ---267.00 3,271.6027.13- 3,565.73
Sites of Special Scientific Interest Sub-Committee --- -2,387.75- -2,387.75
Toxins in Shellfish Sub-Committee- --- 1,179.21-- 1,179.21
Water Pricing Sub-Committee- --- 2,094.21-- 2,094.21
Foreign Affairs181,634.83 1,811.162,379.403,855.56 22,478.742,047.05596.62 214,803.36
Health60,991.3614,256.91 35,592.2227.9532,351.68 983.45569.47144,773.04
Home Affairs19,645.46 1,988.7413,944.152,006.60 31,452.1492.6040.20 69,169.89
International Development83,282.31 470.2421,082.80917.18 27,181.52926.2242.79 133,903.06
Northern Ireland Affairs8,849.01 30,365.2110,537.8912,264.00 27,874.453,469.25131.60 93,491.41
Northern Ireland Affairs Sub-Committee- 11,920.304,304.52- 13,992.251,294.68176.25 31,688.00
ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions 38,939.064,182.7827,536.80 -39,143.535,559.31 109.23115,470.71
Urban Affairs Sub-Committee13,849.26 5,344.773,653.05- 13,378.62510.35- 36,736.05
Science and Technology44,950.82 7,241.7929,524.0912,372.34 37,467.944,842.59499.30 136,898.87
Scottish Affairs22,587.68 15,390.93-679.76 10,697.9787.5120.45 49,464.30
Trade and Industry112,443.81 19.324,284.9518.99 55,093.612,490.08- 174,350.76
Transport65,253.972,945.17 8,175.70165.5133,508.22 716.15448.60111,213.32
Treasury42,052.2220.00 7,243.03-5,059.411 713.754,697.6359,786.04
Treasury Sub-Committee3,730.24 --- 15,388.73338.12- 19,457.09
Welsh Affairs414.3814,970.99 19,295.855,620.9226,444.12 2,359.3678.0569,183.67
Work and Pensions96,537.19 15,044.2714,388.10796.90 24,280.652,199.92580.49 153,827.52
IT Sub-Committee-- 2,310-6,476.96 --8,786.96
Other Committees           
Accommodation and Works- ---- ---
Administration-- --- ---
Broadcasting-- --- ---
Catering-- --- ---
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) --- -214.07- -214.07
Draft Charities Bill (Joint Committee)- -14,186.90- 4,952.02196.85- 19,335.67
Draft Disability Discrimination Bill (Joint Committee) --- 5,457.196,437.28- -11,894.47
Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee)14,551.91 3,510.9935,532.231,200.00 12,791.14261.2544.00 67,891.52
Draft Gambling Bill (Regional Casinos) (Joint Committee) --- -2,374.12- -2,374.12
Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee) ---- 1,157.45-59.00 1,216.45
Draft Mental Incapacity Bill (Joint Committee) --9,027.60 2,323.56-161.18 -11,512.34
Environmental Audit9,642.12 4,916.092,712.49165.51 30,857.34640.15738.43 49,672.13
Environmental Crime Sub-Committee- 902.002,531.60- 12,150.32-- 15,583.92
European Scrutiny34,342.41 480.28-153.46 11,554.40-444.80 46,975.35
Finance and Services- ---- ---
Human Rights (Joint Committee)29,308.04 2,282.7813,777.10- 5,498.54537.94130.94 51,535.34
Information3,136.44- --- --3,136.44
Liaison-- --5,347.95 --5,347.95
Liaison Sub-Committee- ---- ---
Modernisation-3,452.35 -9,367.0910,001.36 250.92249.0023,320.72
Procedure-- --5,240.30 --5,240.30
Public Accounts7,742.41 4,449.35-13,472.58 57,487.16-1,101.07 84,252.57
Public Administration38,716.75 2,479.704,773.5587.30 27,029.03227.24151.00 73,464.57
Regulatory Reform-- --2,648.48 562.05176.703,387.23
Selection-- --- ---
Standards and Privileges- ---4,886.83 --4,886.83
Statutory Instruments- ---- ---
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) ---- 230.29-- 230.29
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) ---- --- -


* Includes some expenditure by Committees in Financial Year 2002-03

+ Includes travel in a representative capacity

Includes a refund


3  Select Committee Staff[18]

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 2003-04 is therefore presented Office by Office.

NUMBERS AND GRADES OF STAFF SERVING SELECT COMMITTEES

Committee Office

Principal Clerks*
5
Deputy Principal/Senior Clerks
33
Assistant Clerks
6
Committee Assistants:
  
  Senior Executive Officers
3
  Higher Executive Officers
19
  Chief Office Clerks
3
Senior Office Clerks
11
NAO Audit Officers on secondment
2
Inquiry Managers
4
Committee Specialists
25
Media Officer
1
Secretaries**
29



*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 public expenditure, accountancy and the law. The Unit carried out 71 tasks for 19 committees in Session 2003-04. Its staff also provided the secretariat of five Joint Committees, which were involved in pre-legislative scrutiny. These were:

Joint Committee on the draft Gambling Bill

Joint Committee on the draft Disability Discrimination Bill

Joint Committee on the draft Charities Bill

Joint Committee on the draft Mental Health Bill

Joint Committee on the draft Gambling Bill (Regional Casinos)

(see separate entries in the Committee section of the Return).

The numbers and grades of staff in the Unit as at 22 November 2004 are:

1 Deputy Principal Clerk

1 Senior Clerk

6 Specialists on secondment:

  1 Estimates specialist from a government department

  3 NAO Audit Officers

  1 Audit Commission Specialist Performance Auditor

  1 statistician from the House of Commons Library

3 Committee Specialists (2 with legal qualifications)

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 2004.

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 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, 5 Senior Clerks (including 4 Clerk/Advisers with specialist experience), 1 Higher Executive Officer, 2 Chief Office Clerks, 4 Secretaries and 1 Office Support Assistant. The Committee was assisted by the Counsel for European Legislation and by an Assistant Legal Adviser. One of the Chief Office Clerks also supported the Regulatory Reform Committee 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 Chief Office Clerk 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.

A Senior Clerk in the Public Bill Office was also Clerk of the Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills. Another Senior Clerk in the Public Bill Office was also Commons Clerk of the Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills.

A Senior 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 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 Business Manager
1 Office Manager
1 Deputy Office Manager
1 IS Support Officer
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 Overseas Office. 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 2003-04 were approximately £6.3m.


17   The Committee on the Lord Chancellor's Department was renamed Constitutional Affairs on 11 September 2003 to reflect a change in Department. Back

18   As at 31 March 2004. Back


 
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