Annex A
Local Public Spending Bodies
Introduction
The term ‘local public spending body’ is a relatively new term
within Government, having first been used by the Committee
on Standards in Public Life in 1996. The Committee, in their
Second Report on Local Public Spending Bodies, formally
defined such bodies as:
"... not for profit bodies which are rarely elected and
whose members are not appointed by Ministers. They
provide public services, often delivered at a local level,
and are largely or wholly publicly funded."
There are a number of different bodies falling within the
Committee’s definition which have come to be recognised by
Government as local public spending bodies. These are:
Higher Education Institutions;
Further Education Institution;
Grant-Maintained Schools;
Training and Enterprise Councils;
Local Enterprise Companies;
Registered Housing Associations; and
Registered Social Landlords.
Details on the number and membership of the different local
public spending bodies are given in Figure 1.
Further and Higher Education Institutions
This includes all " old" and " new" universities, higher
education colleges and further education colleges. Detailed
information is available from the following sources:
* information on each higher and further education
institution can be found in the institution ‘s Annual
Report. Copies are available direct from the body
concerned, although many institutions now make such
information available over the Internet;
* summary information on all further education institutions
in England and in Wales is available from the Further
Education Funding Council for England 1 and the Further
Education Funding Council for Wales 2 ; and
* summary information on all higher education institutions
in England is available from the Higher Education
Funding Council for England 3 . Similar information on
higher education institutions in Scotland and Wales is
available from the Scottish Higher Education Funding
Council 4 and the Higher Education Funding Council for
Wales 5 respectively.
Grant-Maintained Schools
Grant-maintained schools (known as self governing schools in
Scotland) are schools in which responsibility for budgets, staff
appointments, pay and the ability to shape the overall aims
and policy of the school — previously vested in
representatives of local authorities — have been transferred
to voluntary governors of individual schools. Information on
each school can be found in the school’s Annual Report.
Copies of Reports are available from the schools concerned.
Financial responsibility for grant-maintained schools in
England rests with the Funding Agency for Schools 6 . Financial
responsibility for grant-maintained schools in Scotland and
Wales remains directly with the Government.
Training and Enterprise Councils and Local Enterprise Companies
Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) are locally based
companies with employer-led Boards which operate
throughout England and Wales. Their role is to work in
partnership to foster economic growth and contribute to the
regeneration of their local areas, focusing in particular on the
human resource aspects of regeneration. They have specific
responsibility for developing the quality, effectiveness and
relevance to the local labour market of the Government-funded
training and business assistance programmes.
In Scotland, the Government established Scottish Enterprise
and Highlands and Islands Enterprise with responsibility for
training, economic development and environmental
programmes. These activities are however contracted out to a
network of Local Enterprise Companies (LECs) which have
responsibility for delivery in their areas.
Detailed information on both TECs and LECs is available from
the following sources:
each TEC and LEC publishes its Business Plan, an Annual
Report and an audited statement of accounts. Copies of
TEC and LEC Annual Reports are available from individual
bodies; and
inter-TEC comparison tables for England and Wales are published annually by the Department for Education and
Employment and the Welsh Office respectively. The
Government Offices for the Regions and the Welsh Office
produce and publish annual reports on the performance
of Training and Enterprise Councils.
Registered Housing Associations and Registered Social Landlords
Registered Housing Associations (in Scotland and Northern
Ireland) and Registered Social Landlords (in England and
Wales) are voluntary bodies which are the major suppliers of
new social rented housing in the UK. Detailed information is
available from the following sources:
information on individual associations and landlords can
be found in bodies’ Annual Reports. Copies of Reports are
available direct from the associations or landlords
concerned; and
summary information on all registered housing
associations in Scotland is available from Scottish
Homes 7 . Similar information on registered social
landlords in England and Wales is available from the
Housing Corporation 8 and Tai Cymru 9 respectively.
Information on registered housing associations in
Northern Ireland is available from Northern Ireland
Department of the Environment.10
1. Further Education Funding Council for England, Cheylesmore House, Quinton
Road, Coventry CV1 2WT. Tel: 01203 863000.
2. Further Education Funding Council for Wales, Linden Court,
The Orchards, Ty Glas Avenue, Llanishen, Cardiff CF4 5DZ.
Tel: 01222 761861
3. Higher Education Funding Council for England, Northavon House,
Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QD. Tel: 0117 931 7317
4. Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, Donaldson House,
97 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5HD.
Tel: 0131 313 6500
5. Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, Linden Court,
The Orchards, Ty Glas Avenue, Llanishen, Cardiff CF4 5DZ.
Tel: 01222 761861
6. Funding Agency for Schools, Albion Wharf, 25 Skelderdale,
York YO1 2XL. Tel: 01904 661661
7. Scottish Homes, Thistle House, 91 Haymarket Terrace,
Edinburgh EH12 5HE. Tel: 0131 313 0044.
8. The Housing Corporation, Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road,
London W1P 0BN. Tel: 0171 393 2000
9. Tai Cymru, 25–30 Lambourne Crescent, Llanishen,
Cardiff CF4 5ZJ. Tel: 01222 741500
10. Department of the Environment (NI), Room 301, Clarence Court, Adelaide
Street, Belfast BT2 8GB. Tel: 01232 540580
Figure 1 : Numbers and Non-executive Board Membership*
| NO | BOARD MEMBERS |
| England | 135 | 3,375 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 100 |
| Scotland | 20 | 500 |
| Wales | 14 | 350 |
| NO | BOARD MEMBERS |
| England | 435 | 8,700 |
| Northern Ireland | 17 | 340 |
| Scotland | 43 | 860 |
| Wales | 29 | 580 |
| NO | BOARD MEMBERS |
| England | 1,199 | 21,582 |
| Scotland | 2 | 36 |
| Wales | 17 | 306 |
| NO | BOARD MEMBERS |
| England | 72 | 1,080 |
| Wales | 6 | 90 |
| NO | BOARD MEMBERS |
| Scotland | 22 | 264 |
| NO | BOARD MEMBERS |
| Northern Ireland | 41 | 402 † |
| Scotland | 259 | 3,108 |
| NO | BOARD MEMBERS |
| England | 2,237 | 26,844 |
| Wales | 98 | 1,176 |
| NO | BOARD MEMBERS |
| TOTAL | 4,650 | 69,693 |
* Membership figures have been estimated on the following basis:
Higher Education Institutions — 25 members per body;
Further Education Institutions — 20 members per body;
Grant-maintained Schools — 18 members per body;
Training and Enterprise Councils — 15 members per body;
Local Enterprise Companies — 12 members per body;
Registered Housing Associations — 12 members per body; and
Registered Social Landlords — 12 members per body.
Actual numbers will vary. In particular, figures for Higher Education may be
underestimated as some institutions have much larger governing bodies.
† Actual figure.
|
