27. Public Administration
The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 11 Members and held 41 Meetings.
|
| Members | Meetings
attended
|
|
| Wright, Tony (Chairman from 18.7.01) | 41
|
| Brennan, Kevin | 37
|
| Brooke, Annette | 36
|
| Chapman, Sir Sydney (added 4.3.02) | 20
|
| Heyes, Mr David | 30
|
| Hopkins, Mr Kelvin (added 16.10.02) | 4
|
| Liddell-Grainger, Mr Ian | 34
|
| Lyons, Mr John | 25
|
| Prentice, Mr Gordon | 37
|
| Steen, Mr Anthony (discharged 4.3.02) | 1
|
| Trend, Hon Michael | 25
|
| White, Brian | 37
|
| Wright, Mr Anthony D. (discharged 16.10.02)
| 23 |
|
| Overall Attendance: | 77.6 %
|
| Number of Members added: | 2
|
| Number of Members discharged: | 2
|
| Turnover of membership during the Session: |
18.2 % |
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Philip Aylett, Deputy Principal Clerk
(Senior Structure Band 2)
Committee Specialist: Mr Chris Carrington (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Ms Clare Genis (until 17.9.01), Higher Executive
Officer (Band B2); Miss Jackie Recardo (from 3.10.01), Higher
Executive Officer (Band B2)
Secretary: Miss Jenny Cowan, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1) (until
17.7.02); Ms Jennifer Nelson (from 18.3.02), Secretary Grade 3
(Band D1) (from 18.7.02)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Robert Hazell, Sir Nicholas Monck KCB, Professor Colin
Talbot, Mr Tony Travers and Professor Stuart Weir.
| Witnesses | |
| Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of appearances by: |
|
| Cabinet Ministers | 4
|
| Other Ministers | 7
|
| Members of Parliament | 9
|
| Members of the House of Lords | 13
|
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Cabinet Office | 12
|
| HM Treasury | 1
|
| Home Office | 2
|
| Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
| 1 |
| Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments:
| |
| Commission for Racial Equality |
1 |
| Disability Rights Commission | 1
|
| Equal Opportunities Commission |
1 |
| Information Commission | 3
|
| Legal Services Commission | 1
|
| Office of the Civil Service Commissioners
| 1 |
| Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments
| 1 |
| Executive agencies: | |
| Child Support Agency | 1
|
| The following officials also attended meetings of the Committee:
| |
| Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioner
| 2 |
| Deputy Health Service Commissioner |
1 |
| Deputy Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
| 1 |
| Appearances by other witnesses: | 45
|
Overseas Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 17-18.6.02 | Netherlands |
8 | 2
| Inquiry into Public Service Reform | £8,810.98
(estimated outturn)
|
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
| Title | HC No. (2001-02)
| Date of publication | No. of pages
| Sale price | Government reply
|
| First Report: Public Participation: Issues and Innovations: The Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report Session 2000-01
| 334 | 7.11.01
| 16 | £4.50
| Not applicable |
| Second Report: The Ministerial Code: Improving the Rule Book: The Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2000-01
| 439 | 11.12.01
| 12 | £4.50
| Not applicable |
| Third Report: Special Advisers: Boon or Bane: The Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2000-01.
| 463 | 18.12.01
| 20 | £6.00
| Not applicable |
| Fourth Report: Ministerial Accountability and Parliamentary Questions: The Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2000-01
| 464 | 20.12.01
| 12 | £4.50
| Not applicable |
| Fifth Report: The Second Chamber: Continuing the Reform
| 494-I | 14.2.02
| 55 | £11.00
| Lord Chancellor's Department Response, received 18.4.02: published as Sixth Report, Session 2001-02
|
| Minutes of Evidence: The Second Chamber: Continuing the Reform
| 494-II | 25.2.02
| 177 | £18.50
| Not applicable |
| Sixth Report: The Second Chamber: Continuing the Reform: The Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report
| 794 | 30.4.02
| 11 | £4.50
| Not applicable |
| Seventh Report: The Public Service Ethos |
263-I | 23.6.02
| 34 | £9.00
| Cabinet Office Response, received 20.11.02: published as First Special Report Session 2002-03
|
| Minutes of Evidence: The Public Service Ethos
| 263-i | 4.12.01
| 15 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: The Public Service Ethos
| 263-ii | 19.12.01
| 11 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: The Public Service Ethos
| 263-iii | 10.1.02
| 30 | £7.50
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: The Public Service Ethos
| 263-iv | 7.6.02
| 48 | £11.00
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: The Public Service Ethos
| 263-v | 21.2.02
| 36 | £9.00
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: The Public Service Ethos
| 263-vi | 1.3.02
| 22 | £7.00
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: The Public Service Ethos
| 263-vii | 6.3.02
| 32 | £9.00
| Not applicable |
| Memoranda: The Public Service Ethos | 263-II
| 21.6.02 | 325
| £16.50 | Not applicable
|
| Eighth Report: "These Unfortunate Events": Lessons of Recent Events at the former DTLR
| 303 | 19.7.02
| 27 | £7.50
| Awaited |
| Ninth Report: Ministerial Accountability and Parliamentary Questions[15]
| 1086 | 23.7.02
| 99 | £14.50
| Awaited |
| Minutes of Evidence: The New Centre | 262-i
| 20.11.01 | 25
| £7.00 | Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: The New Centre | 262-ii
| 18.1.02 | 17
| £5.50 | Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: The New Centre | 262-iii
| 29.7.02 | 23
| £7.00 | Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: The New Centre | 262-iv
| 2.8.02 | 18
| £5.50 | Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: Government Information and Communication
| 303-i | 25.3.02
| 34 | £9.00
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Government Information and Communication
| 303-ii | 28.3.02
| 19 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Government Information and Communication
| 303-iii | 1.5.02
| 12 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Ombudsman Issues
| 563-i | 14.3.02
| 12 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Ombudsman Issues | 563-ii
| 13.5.02 | 15
| £5.50 | Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: Ombudsman Issues | 563-iii
| 17.7.02 | 12
| £4.00 | Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: Ombudsman Issues | 563-iv
| 25.7.02 | 15
| £5.50 | Not applicable
|
| Minutes of Evidence: The Annual Report of the Health Service Ombudsman
| 564-i | 8.3.02
| 12 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Public Appointments and Patronage
| 686-i | 28.3.02
| 20 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Public Appointments and Patronage
| 686-ii | 1.5.02
| 16 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Public Appointments and Patronage
| 686-iii | 7.5.02
| 14 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Public Appointments and Patronage
| 686-iv | 31.5.02
| 15 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Public Appointments and Patronage
| 686-v | 26.6.02
| 28 | £7.50
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Public Appointments and Patronage
| 686-vi | 26.6.02
| 11 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Public Appointments and Patronage
| 686-vii | 3.7.02
| 19 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Public Appointments and Patronage
| 686-viii | 17.7.02
| 27 | £7.50
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Public Appointments and Patronage
| 686-ix | 26.11.02
| 26 | £7.00
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Public Appointments and Patronage
| 686-x | 26.11.02
| 13 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Civil Service Issues |
1049-i | 24.7.02
| 16 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
| Minutes of Evidence: Freedom of Information
| 1085-i | 29.7.02
| 10 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2000-01
were published on 23.7.01 as HC 499, Session 2000-01. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02 will be published
as HC 1332, Session 2001-02.
Divisions
| Date | Subject
|
| 13.12.01 | One, on an Amendment proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on Special Advisers: Boon or Bane: The Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2000-01.
|
| 13.6.02 | One, on an Amendment proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on The Public Service Ethos.
|
Debates
The following Reports were debated in Westminster Hall:
Sixth Report, Session 2000-01, Public Participation: Issues and
Innovations, 29.11.01
Second Report, Session 2000-01, Ministerial Accountability and
Parliamentary Questions, and Fourth Report, Session 2001-02,
HC 464, 15.10.02
The following Report was referred to on the Order Paper as being
relevant to a debate in the House:
Fifth Report, Session 2001-02, The Second Chamber: Continuing
the Reform, 19.6.02
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 35 of the Committee's 41 Meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
| Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
| Civil Service Issues | 1
|
| Freedom of Information | 1
|
| Government Information and Communication |
3 |
| House of Lords Reform | 3
|
| Ombudsman Issues | 4
|
| Public Appointments and Patronage | 10
|
| Public Service Reform | 7
|
| Public Service Targets | 1
|
| The Annual Report of the Health Service Ombudsman
| 1 |
| The New Centre | 4
|
| Total | 35
|
15
Government Response received on 14.11.02. To be published in
Session 2002-03.
|
