Public Bodies 1997Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Executive Bodies
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Name of bodyNumber
of staff
employed
by the
body
(1.4.97)		Total gross
expenditure
of body
(1996/97)
Audit
arrange-
ments		Amount
in col 4
funded by
Government
(1996/97)		Other
expenditure
by
sponsoring
department
(1996/97)		Annual
Report		Chief
Executive's
Remuner-
ation
(1996/97)
£m£m£m
Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales 3.5[(a)] 0.206[(b)] X[(b)] 0.206 - TSO -
Agricultural Wages Committees x 15[(c)] 2[(a)] 0.105[(b)] X[(b)] 0.105 - TSO -
Apple and Pear Research Council (APRC) 1 0.449 Y - 0.028 Body £34,000
Food from Britain 23 11.520 Y 5.318 0.120 Body £75,911
Home-Grown Cereals Authority 54 8.894[(e)] Y 0.123 0.039 Body £69,900
Horticultural Development Council (HDC) 10 2.896[(f)] Y - 0.033 Body £30,000
Horticulture Research International 631[(g)] 22.957 Y 16.914[(h)] 0.068 Body £69,307
Meat and Livestock Commission (MLC) 567 51.782 Y - 0.252 Body £106,105
Milk Development Council (MDC) 5 3.922 Y - 0.013 Body £68,195
Regional Flood Defence Committees x 9[(c)(k)] [(k)] [(k)] [(k)] - - NP -
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 512.5 26.926 X 18.936 0.076 Body £72,842
Sea Fish Industry Authority 142.5 10.592 Y 0.400 0.222 Body £68,876
United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards 1.75 0.104[(b)] X[(b)] - 0.089 NP -
Wine Standards Board of the Vintners' Company 12.5 0.478 Y 0.373 0.042 NP £43,450
(a) Supported by staff from within the sponsoring department. Representatives of workers and employers are nominated by their respective Unions.
(b) Expenditure forms part of the total Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) expenditure. Accounts for MAFF are audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General
(c) Multiple body.
(d) Chairman and Deputies appointed by the Committees from the independent membership.
(e) Forecast expenditure for the year ending 30 June.
(f) Expenditure is for the period 1995/96 since the HDC financial year runs from October to September.
(g) 195 staff are employed direct. The rest are seconded from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (349 staff) and MAFF (87 staff).
(h) Includes £13.247m income commissioned on a customer/supplier basis (1995/96).
(i) 3 members appointed by the Department of Trade and Industry.
(j) Chairman of the MLC Consumers' Committee receives £13,870; the Commissioners receive £6,820.
(k) RFDCs are statutory executive committees of the Environment Agency (EA) which meets their administrative costs. They are supported by EA staff. Expenditure is accounted for by the EA to which the Comptroller and Auditor General has full inspection rights (see page 16).
(l) One member appointed by H.M. The Queen.
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