Sessional Returns 2006-07 Contents


B  SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK, PUBLICATIONS ETC

C  GENERAL STATISTICS ON SELECT COMMITTEES

1  Printing Costs and Page Count

Total printing costs of Select Committees in the financial year 2006-07 were £1,750,963.96; and, in Session 2006-07, £1,839,622.17. 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 2006-07
CommitteePage Count Cost
£
Accommodation and WorksNil Nil
Administration1846,790.71
Armed Forces Bill444 17,182.97
BroadcastingNilNil
CateringNilNil
Communities and Local Government*1,646 66,836.51
Constitutional Affairs734 29,195.29
Crossrail Bill8260.91
Culture, Media & Sport1,240 51,922.13
Defence2,41396,319.38
Education and Skills2,116 89,583.43
Environmental Audit2,988 122,334.67
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs1,424 58,942.19
European Scrutiny2,812 92,660.99
Finance and ServicesNil Nil
Foreign Affairs1,641 65,360.85
Health2,896124,655.61
Home Affairs1,22849,958.34
InformationNilNil
International Development2,205 90,640.58
Liaison1004,026.45
Modernisation of the House of Commons228 9,913.40
Northern Ireland Affairs744 30,584.87
Procedure1024,020.49
Public Accounts2,274 86,281.66
Public Administration946 37,849.32
Regulatory Reform292 9,930.52
Science and Technology2,088 83,164.53
Scottish Affairs272 11,067.43
SelectionNilNil
Standards and Privileges468 18,429.35
Statutory Instruments84 2,739.58
Trade and Industry1,719 69,999.85
Transport3,898158,756.81
Treasury3,042124,375.40
Welsh Affairs71629,477.76
Work and Pensions2,616 107,701.98
TOTAL43,568 1,750,963.96

* Following the constitutional changes announced on 5 May 2006, the Department for Communities and Local Government succeeded the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. On 27 June 2006, as a result of a motion to amend Standing Order No 152, the Committee was renamed to reflect the change.

1B  Page Count and Costs: Session 2006-07
CommitteePage Count Cost
£
Administration34214,041.61
Communities & Local Govt1,832 76,921.03
Constitutional Affairs 1,318 55,646.67
Crossrail Bill1005,309.89
Culture, Media and Sport1,720 73,834.66
Defence 1,81573,291.97
Education and Skills 3,220 139,187.74
Environmental Audit 2,044 81,819.05
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2,416 103,918.10
European Scrutiny 3,014 105,200.82
Finance and ServicesNil Nil
Foreign Affairs 1,194 48,734.46
Health 2,764119,304.11
Home Affairs 1,39660,138.61
International Development 2,014 84,117.00
Liaison 1606,169.10
Modernisation of the House of Commons212 12,797.45
Northern Ireland Affairs 516 21,283.26
Procedure 1244,978.38
Public Accounts2,992 119,519.16
Public Administration 1,166 47,701.24
Regulatory Reform324 11,157.64
Science & Technology 2,822 117,331.10
Scottish Affairs 56 2,182.52
Standards and Privileges820 33,073.31
Statutory Instruments 32 1,085.56
Trade & Industry 2,273 95,835.61
Transport 2,25293,644.67
Treasury 3,556147,045.26
Welsh Affairs 35614,802.97
Works and Pensions 1,710 69,549.23
TOTAL44,560 1,839,622.17


2  Select Committee Expenses

2A  Financial Year 2006-07
Committee
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
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
Communities and Local Government* 5,798.356,062.65 25,412.15580.47 24,636.652,533.96 1,167.0566,191.28
Constitutional Affairs 57,333.922,562.20 6,178.634,302.00 26,209.64982.30 767.0298,335.71
Culture, Media and Sport 55,985.9210,474.40 19,589.72160.00 45,498.42541.09 2,247.82134,497.37
Defence147,910.77 16,926.1017,334.73 12,249.9637,054.65 2,208.941,328.19 235,013.34
Education and Skills 52,750.04 7,227.21 5,328.69 -52,425.28 1,898.05107.54 119,736.81
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 43,954.9011,489.26 3,056.902,095.38 29,262.332,529.35 633.3293,021.44
British Waterways Sub-Committee -- -- 1,308.16- -1,308.16
Rural Payments Agency Sub-Committee -- -- 14,742.22- -14,742.22
Foreign Affairs217,798.73 549.63- 7,559.5916,893.45# 185.9527.70 243,015.05
Health50,120.73 1,639.2122,121.75 480.6140,051.78 2,423.75293.35 117,131.18
Home Affairs30,502.41 9,799.0322,436.51 30,631.8931,283.95 1,768.8619.35 126,442.00
International Development 131,089.62173.89 6,199.20508.21 46,513.511,896.19 121.31186,501.93
Northern Ireland Affairs 6,555.0740,085.13 3,709.11- 15,497.683,273.36 423.7369,544.08
Science and Technology 50,456.706,414.76 7,654.96240.00 37,105.022,569.40 26.00104,466.84
Scottish Affairs- 28,977.39- 285.1513,656.54 860.49- 43,779.57
Trade and Industry 96,802.234,500.49 4,543.9010.80 44,919.55106.45 15.75150,899.17
Export Credits Guarantee Department's Bribery Rules Sub-Committee -- -- 1,308.96- -1,308.96
Sub-Committee on the Recommendations of the Women and Work Commission's Report -- -- -- --
Transport8,376.34 1,074.6311,634.24 224.5540,049.91 214.89762.49 62,337.05
Treasury48,652.50 163.027,025.55 8,611.9756,222.46 561.3821.59 121,258.47



Committee
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
Treasury Sub-Committee -- -- 13,858.75- -13,858.75
Welsh Affairs8,368.02 13,313.472,404.50 3,140.5827,761.51 3,067.30- 58,055.38
Work and Pensions60,253.91 8,136.5513,692.00 10,879.7839,415.62 1,035.67729.42 134,142.95
Other Committees            
Administration1,333.08 -1,256.55 -2,344.36 60.60- 4,994.59
Administration Sub-Committee: Parliamentary Visitor Centre -116.67 -- 543.50161.95 -822.12
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) -- -- 1,175.60- -1,175.60
Conventions (Joint Committee) N/A- -- 2,894.6819.95 10.542,925.17
Crossrail Bill- -- -62,993.77 -- 62,993.77
Draft Legal Services Bill (Joint Committee) -- -- 5,477.56- -5,477.56
Environmental Audit 31,722.403,999.87 -- 31,708.04374.13 92.0067,896.44
Sub-Committee on Trade, Development and Environment -- -- 14,742.91- -14,742.91
European Scrutiny48,940.93 255.10- 367.248,550.56 -1,260.44 59,374.27
Finance and Services -- -- -- --
Human Rights (Joint Committee) 15,292.831,479.14 15,706.621,795.28 5,516.52344.51 243.4340,378.33
Liaison- -- -4,543.26 -- 4,543.26
Liaison Sub-Committee -- -- -- --
Modernisation of the House of Commons -1,808.20 -- 8,475.67434.70 -10,718.57
Procedure6,932.23 3,422.15- 1,285.903,814.82 -227.01 15,682.11
Public Accounts29,907.45 350.45- 15,670.0554,317.60# 210.80640.03 101,096.38
Public Administration 43,494.78352.20 1,715.1514.99 10,254.15- 82.8555,914.12
Regulatory Reform- -- -- -- -
Selection- -- -- -- -
Standards and Privileges -- -- -- --
Statutory Instruments -- -- -- --


Committee
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
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) -- -- -- 124.99124.99
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) -- -- 523.17- -523.17
TOTAL1,250,333.86 181,352.80197,000.86 101,094.40873,552.21 30,264.0211,372.92 2,644,971.07


2B  Session 2006-07
Committee
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
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
Communities and Local Government 6,323.555,671.32 31,394.701,885.92 26,128.45988.29 131.7572,523.98
Constitutional Affairs 60,339.171,214.10 5,002.522,131.00 26,054.01 398.156.00 95,144.95
Culture, Media and Sport 77,554.857,393.16 12,319.50 432.0034,207.69 521.18110.83 132,539.21
Defence184,986.27 12,036.7817,413.33 1,078.2540,816.95 1,283.591,263.04 258,878.21
Education and Skills 92,826.70 4,395.15 12,794.991,090.00 61,366.95 4,328.79 448.88177,251.46
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 13,782.397,782.01 4,210.801,075.38 30,961.012,370.96 628.0060,810.55
British Waterways Sub-Committee -2,918.36 -- 8,675.37305.67 78.0011,977.40
Draft Climate Change Bill Sub-Committee -- -- 1,412.33- -1,412.33
Rural Payments Agency Sub-Committee -- -- 7,026.77- -7,026.77
Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 Sub-Committee -- -- -- --
Foreign Affairs319,816.62 2,602.77- 7,011.221,837.74# 1,139.001,932.18 334,339.53
Health65,496.48 4,934.4834,754.12 149.8537,685.15 2,832.53280.15 146,132.76
Home Affairs49,333.24 9,628.0021,603.05 27,306.7527,358.38 1,351.251,058.54 137,639.21
International Development 107,429.0810,327.19 5,501.901,072.72 31,127.111,874.24 322.38157,654.62
Northern Ireland Affairs 3,204.9831,181.31 -- 22,933.121,899.05 46.5459,265.00
Science and Technology 48,779.824,692.30 12,147.77570.00 40,095.885,667.71 287.50112,240.98
Scottish Affairs- 13,658.56- 266.2414,815.56 1,435.2546.54 30,222.15
Trade and Industry 70,795.094,835.69 2,848.70819.90 33,928.50- 946.47114,174.35
Sub-Committee on the Implementation of the Report of the Women and Work Commission -- -- 3,124.08- -3,124.08
Transport11,261.89 105.755,815.99 -39,132.44 473.80861.77 57,651.64
Treasury48,448.94 2,302.206,649.65 3,536.6452,679.02 424.43- 114,040.88
Treasury Sub-Committee -91.78 -- 13,881.25139.25 -14,112.28
Welsh Affairs19,994.22 13,127.133,334.79 1,439.9929,335.43 2,725.95- 69,957.51



Committee
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
Work and Pensions108,720.80 11,030.9028,153.43 353.8033,644.02 902.22390.90 183,196.07
Other Committees            
Administration4,403.68 47.282,788.26 -- -- 7,239.22
Administration Sub-Committee: Parliamentary Visitor Centre -- -1,650.00 -- -1,650.00
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) -- -- -- --
Crossrail Bill- -- -44,880.33 -- 44,880.33
Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee) N/A1,137.85 3,203.12- 10,354.41225.67 0.9514,922.00
Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill (Joint Committee) -- -- 6,360.28- -6,360.28
Environmental Audit 16,250.003,773.47 -- 35,826.84944.66 92.0056,886.97
Sub-Committee on Environmental Information -- -- -- --
Sub-Committee on Trade, Development and Environment -- -- 5,178.25- -5,178.25
European Scrutiny56,256.05 338.60- 330.7012,754.38 -417.24 70,096.97
Finance and Services -- -- -- --
Human Rights (Joint Committee) 6,214.24624.89 14,763.47390.78 9,907.37673.19 175.6732,749.61
Liaison- -- -4,102.56 -- 4,102.56
Liaison Sub-Committee -- -- -- --
Modernisation of the House of Commons -- -- 6,633.0791.50 -6,724.57
Procedure6,974.23 -- 1,094.343,604.74 -- 11,673.31
Public Accounts8,042.88 1,778.19- 16,315.4037,134.36# 85.80373.79 63,730.42
Public Administration 4,793.02310.20 4,816.0014.99 31,213.56335.50 259.5041,742.77
Regulatory Reform- -- 215.00- -- 215.00
Selection- -- -- -- -
Standards and Privileges -- -- 2,758.00- -2,758.00
Statutory Instruments -- -- -- --


Committee
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
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) -- -- -- 128.69128.69
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) -- -- 523.17- -523.17
TOTAL1,392,028.19 157,939.42229,516.09 70,230.87829,458.53 33,417.6310,287.31 2,722,878.04

3  Select Committee Staff[13]

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 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 2006-07 is therefore presented office by office.

NUMBERS AND GRADES OF STAFF SERVING SELECT COMMITTEES

Committee Office (excluding Scrutiny Unit)
Principal Clerks (SC)* 5
Deputy Principal Clerks (SC Band 1) 20
Senior Clerks (A2) 15
Assistant Clerks (A3)** 11
Business Manager (B1)*** 1
Committee Assistants:
  Senior Executive Officers (B1) 3
  Higher Executive Officers (B2) 19.8
Chief Office Clerks (C) 4
Senior Office Clerks (D1) 12
NAO Audit Officers on secondment 2
Inquiry Managers (A2) 2.6
Inquiry Manager (A3) 1
Inquiry Managers (B1) 2
Advisor, Sentencing Guidelines (A2) 0.8
Committee Specialists/ Legal Specialists (B1)**** 28
Media Officers (B1) 4
Secretaries (C)***** 28.4
Sandwich Student1

*  The Committee Office has four 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 the Second Clerk of the Liaison Committee.
**  Includes Assistant Clerks joining in October 2007.
***  Also acts as Committee Assistant to the Liaison Committee.
****  Vacancies not included.
*****  Includes personal secretaries to Principal Clerks, and secretaries providing support for committees supported by Clerks in the Journal Office and Legislation Service.

Scrutiny Unit

The Scrutiny Unit of the Committee Office provides briefing for select committees; provides staff members for joint committees on draft bills; and supports the evidence-taking role of public bill committees. It has particular expertise in public expenditure, accountancy and the law. In the 2006-07 Session, it undertook a new role assisting committees with on-line consultations. The Unit carried out 145 tasks for 22 committees in Session 2006-07. It provided staff for the Joint Committees on the draft Climate Change Bill, and draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill (see separate entries in the Committee section of the Return).

Members of Unit staff also carried out a review of the House's Internal Review Service, on behalf of the Clerk of the House; and made significant contributions to the work of the Committee on the Crossrail Bill, the Quadripartite Committee and the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission.

The numbers and grades of staff in the Unit as at 5 November 2007 are:

1 Deputy Principal Clerk (SC Band 1)
1 Senior Clerk (Band A2)
1 Deputy Head of Finance (Band A2)
1 Assistant Clerk (Band A3)
4 Specialists on secondment:
  1 Financial Analyst on secondment from the Ministry of Justice (Band A2)
  1 Financial Analyst on secondment from the Ministry of Justice (Band B1)
  2 Financial Analysts from the National Audit Office (Band A2)
1 statistician on loan from the House of Commons Library (Band A2)
1 Public Policy Specialist (Band B1)
1 Legal Specialist (Band B1)
1 Economist (Band B1)
1 Higher Executive Officer (Band B2)
2 Chief Office Clerks (Band C)
1 Team Manager (Band C)
1 Senior Office Clerk (part-time) (Band D1)
1 Office Support Assistant (Band D2)

Journal Office

A Deputy Principal Clerk (SC Band 1) was also Clerk of the Procedure Committee.

A Senior Clerk assisted the Clerk of the Committee on Standards and Privileges; and an Assistant Clerk (Senior Clerk from 1 October 2007) in the Office assisted the Clerk of the Procedure Committee.

Legislation Service

The Clerk of Delegated Legislation (a Principal Clerk, SC Band 1A) 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 (and for the National Parliament Office in Brussels). He is supported by a Personal Secretary (Band C) (shared).

The following staff served the European Scrutiny Committee: 1 Deputy Principal Clerk (SC Band 1), 4 Clerk/Advisers with specialist experience (Band A2), 1 Senior Clerk (Band A2), 1 Higher Executive Officer (Band B2), 2 Chief Office Clerks (Band C), 2 Secretaries (Band C) and 1 Office Support Assistant (Band D2). The Committee was assisted by the Counsel for European Legislation (SC Band 1A) and by an Assistant Counsel (European) (Band A1). The Office Support Assistant also supported the Joint and Select Committees on Statutory Instruments.

A Senior Clerk (Band A2) 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 (SC Band 1A), the two Deputy Counsel (SC Band 1), a Committee Specialist (Band B1) and a Secretary (Band C).

The Joint and Select Committees on Statutory Instruments were assisted by the Counsel for Legislation (SC Band 1A), the two Deputy Counsel (SC Band 1) and a Secretary (Band C).

A Deputy Principal Clerk (SC Band 1) (after 16 April 2007 a Senior Clerk, Band A2) was Commons Clerk of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, which was also served by a Legal Adviser (SC Band 2) (employed jointly with the House of Lords), two Committee Specialists (Band B1) (from 4 December 2006 and 19 February 2007), an Inquiry Manager (Band A2) (until 16 April 2007), a Committee Assistant (Band B2), a Secretary (Band C) and a Senior Office Clerk (Band D1) (shared with the Constitutional Affairs Committee until 8 May 2007).

A Senior Clerk in the Public Bill Office (Band A2) was also Clerk of the Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills. Another Senior Clerk in the Public Bill Office (Band A2) was also Commons Clerk of the Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills.

A Senior Clerk in the Private Bill Office (Band A2) was also Clerk of the Committee on Selection. She was assisted by a Chief Office Clerk (Band C) 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 Office Manager (B2)
1 Publisher Support Officer (C)
1 Chief Office Clerk (C)
2 Assistant Office Managers (D1)
1 Senior Office Support Assistant (D1)
5.5 Office Support Assistants (D2)

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.
Five members of staff in the Committee Office were on maternity leave.
Staff costs for the Committee Office including the Scrutiny Unit in financial year 2006-07 were approximately £8.8m.


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