Work of the Committee in 2008-09 - Public Administration Committee Contents


Annex - Sessional Return


Public Administration

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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons on 13 July 2005.
Members

Wright, Dr Tony (Chairman)

Burrowes, Mr David

Flynn, Paul

Heyes, David

Hopkins, Kelvin

Liddell-Grainger, Mr Ian

Morgan, Julie

Prentice, Mr Gordon

Rowen, Paul

Walker, Mr Charles

Willott, Jenny

Overall Attendance:

Meetings attended

31 out of 32

7 out of 32

30 out of 32

24 out of 32

31 out of 32

22 out of 32

27 out of 32

30 out of 32

14 out of 32

30 out of 32

0 out of 32

69.9 %

Total number of meetings: 32

Of which:
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken 30
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private 0
Number of wholly private meetings 2
Number of concurrent meetings with other committees 0
Other activities
Informal meetings 0
Conferences/Seminars hosted 1

Staff

Details of the permanent staff of the Committee during the Session can be found in the Committee's publications.

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Prof Justin Fisher and Mr Steve Tatton.

Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers1
Other Minister9
Members of the House of Lords 5
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Cabinet Office5
Department for Children, Schools and Families 1
HM Treasury2
Home Office2
Ministry of Justice 1
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising
Committee on Standards in Public Life 2
Higher Education Funding Council for England 1
House of Lords Appointments Commission 1
National Archives1
National Lottery Commission 1
Ofcom1
Office of the Civil Service Commissioners 2
Senior Salaries Review Body 1
UK Statistics Authority 5
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman 2
Appearances by other witnesses 52

Overseas Visits

None.

Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
11.5.09Welsh Assembly Government, Cardiff and the Office for National Statistics, Newport Wright, Flynn, Hopkins, Morgan, Prentice, Rowen 2Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service/

Official Statistics

£1,322.75

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
TitleHC No. (2008-09) Date of publication Government reply
First Report: Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall 36-I5.1.09 Received 21.10.09: published as Eighth Special Report Session 2008-09
Oral and Written Evidence: Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall 36-II5.1.09 Not applicable
Second Report: Justice delayed: The Ombudsman's report on Equitable Life 41-I15.12.08 Received 14.7.09: published as Fourth Special Report Session 2008-09
Oral and Written Evidence: Justice delayed: The Ombudsman's report on Equitable Life 41-II29.1.09 Not applicable
Third Report: Ethics and Standards: Further Report 432.1.09 Received 3.3.09: published as First Special Report Session 2008-09
Fourth Report: Work of the Committee in 2007-08 4216.1.09 Not applicable
Fifth Report: Response to White Paper: "An Elected Second Chamber" 13721.1.09 Awaited
Sixth Report: Justice denied? The Government's response to the Ombudsman's report on Equitable Life 4119.3.09 Received 19.5.09: published as Third Special Report Session 2008-09
Seventh Report: Further Report on Machinery of Government Changes: With the Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2007-08 5401.6.09 Not applicable
Eighth Report: Good Government 97-I18.6.09 Received 16.10.09: published as Seventh Special Report Session 2008-09
Oral and Written Evidence: Good Government 97-II18.6.09 Not applicable
Ninth Report: The Iraq Inquiry 72118.6.09 Received 21.7.09: published as Fifth Special Report Session 2008-09
Tenth Report: Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall 8310.8.09 Awaited
First Special Report: Ethics and Standards: Further Report: Government Response to the Third Report from the Committee 33220.3.09 Not applicable
Second Special Report: Mandarins Unpeeled: Memoirs and Commentary by Former Ministers and Civil Servants: Government Response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 2007-08 42828.4.09 Not applicable
Third Special Report: Justice denied? Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2008-09 56927.5.09 Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: Justice delayed: The Ombudsman's report on Equitable Life: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2008-09 95323.7.09 Not applicable
Fifth Special Report: The Iraq Inquiry: Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2008-09 99221.10.09 Not applicable
Sixth Special Report: From Citizen's Charter to Public Service Guarantees: Entitlements to Public Services: Further Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2007-08 99321.10.09 Not applicable
Seventh Special Report: Good Government: Government and other Responses to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2008-09 104528.10.09 Not applicable
Eighth Special Report: Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2008-09 105823.10.09 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: The Work of the Cabinet Office in 2007-08 45-i27.2.09 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Official Statistics: Publication of statistics relating to knife crime 229-i30.4.09 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Committee on Standards in Public Life 242-i1.4.09 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Civil and Public Service Issues 352-i1.5.09 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Operation of the Honours System 386-i5.6.09 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Official Statistics: Publication of Migration and Workforce Statistics 387-i5.6.09 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Special Advisers 504-i4.9.09 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: House of Lords Appointments 744-i4.9.09 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Official Statistics 1146-i19.1.09 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: Charity Commission Annual Report 1156-i8.12.08 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service 303-i1.4.09 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service 303-ii5.6.09 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Executive Pay in the Public Sector 304-i20.5.09 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Executive Pay in the Public Sector 304-ii29.6.09 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Executive Pay in the Public Sector 304-iii20.7.09 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Official Statistics: 2011 Census 742-i29.7.09 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Official Language 743-i29.7.09 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Lobbying: Six Months On 843-i29.7.09 Not applicable
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Ministerial and other appointments from outside Parliament 994-i6.11.09 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Ministerial and other appointments from outside of Parliament 994-ii21.10.09 Not applicable

Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08

Reply to the Committee's Fourteenth Report: Mandarins Unpeeled: Memoirs and Commentary by Former Ministers and Civil Servants, received 2.4.09 and published as the Committee's Second Special Report Session 2008-09

Reply to the Committee's Eighth Report: Machinery of Government Changes: Further Report, received 7.5.09 and published as an Appendix to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2008-09

A further reply to the Committee's Twelfth Report: From Citizen's Charter to Public Service Guarantees: Entitlements to Public Services, received 30.9.09 and published as the Committee's Sixth Special Report

Formal Minutes

The Formal Minutes of the Committee were published electronically after each meeting of the Committee. They are available on the Committee's website at http://www.parliament.uk/pasc.

Divisions

None.

Debates

Committee reports were tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to debates in the House of Commons or Westminster Hall on 6 occasions. Further details can be found in the Committee's Sessional Report.

Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the Session
InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
Civil and Public Service Issues 1
Committee on Standards in Public Life 1
Equitable Life2
Executive Pay in the Public Sector 3
Good Government3
House of Lords Appointments 1
Justice delayed: The Ombudsman's report of Equitable Life 1
Leaks and Whistleblowing in Whitehall 6
Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall 1
Ministerial and other appointments from outside Parliament 3
Bad Language: The Use and Abuse of Official Language 1
Official Statistics: 2011 Census 1
Official Statistics: Publication of Migration and Workforce Statistics 1
Official Statistics: Publication of statistics relating to knife crime 1
Operation of the Honours System 1
Outside Appointments to the Senior Civil Service 2
Special Advisers1
Work of the Cabinet Office in 2007-08

Work of the Cabinet Office in 2008-09

1

1

Work of the Ombudsman in 2008-09 1
Total33




 
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