Guide to Public Bodies 1998
Explanation of row headings and abbreviations
For easy reference, explanations to the statistical tables
are repeated on a lift-out flap at the rear of the book.
Row A
(All Bodies)
Shows the number of bodies where there is more than
one in the same group
Row B
(Executive NDPBs and NHS Bodies)
Shows the number of employees on 1 April 1998. Part-time
employees are counted as half. Among the executive
NDPBs, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration
Service and the Health and Safety Commission and
Executive are unique in that their staff, while directly
employed, have civil servant status.
Row C
(All Bodies)
Shows how the body’s annual report may be obtained, as
follows:
Cm = published as a Command Paper (and obtainable
from The Stationery Office)
HC =published as a House of Commons Paper (and
obtainable from The Stationery Office)
TSO =a non-statutory Stationery Office publication
Body = obtainable only from the body or nationalised
industry
NP =not published, or ad-hoc or periodic reports only.
Row D
(Executive NDPBs)
Under an Agreement between the Comptroller and
Auditor General (C&AG) and Her Majesty’s Treasury, the
C&AG should be either the auditor of, or have inspection
rights to, all executive NDPBs. Row D indicates whether
the accounts are subject to full audit by the C&AG
(marked ‘X’) or whether he has not been appointed as
external auditor but nevertheless has access to the body’s
books and records (marked ‘Y’). In the latter cases
commercial auditors are usually employed as the
external auditors. Where no symbol appears, access
arrangements for the C&AG are in the process of being
formalised. The C&AG (Northern Ireland) operates under
a parallel Agreement in respect of executive NDPBs
sponsored by Northern Ireland departments. However,
executive NDPBs sponsored by the Northern Ireland
Office are the responsibility of the GB C&AG.
Row E
(Executive NDPBs & NHS Bodies)
Shows the total gross expenditure (rounded to three
decimal places) for 1997/98, before account is taken of
income or revenue from any source.
Row F
(Executive NDPBs & NHS Bodies)
Shows the amount (rounded to three decimal places) of
the gross expenditure met by Government grant or grant-in-
aid for 1997/98. Unless otherwise noted, this does not
include repayable loans, or payments for goods or
services made by departments on a customer/supplier
basis.
Row G
(All NDPBs)
Shows the net cost to that body’s sponsoring department
in carrying out its sponsorship role (rounded to the
nearest £1,000) for 1997/98. The figures are made up
principally of staff costs, accommodation and common
services costs, fees and expenses. The figures exclude
expenditure which is repaid by the body; loans to the
body and payments to it for services; the direct funding of
the body as shown in Row F; and expenditure on
associated policy work undertaken by the department
which does not depend on the existence of the body.
Row H
(Executive NDPBs, Nationalised Industries,
Public Corporations & NHS Bodies)
Shows Chief Executives’ remuneration details for the
1997/98 financial year. Remuneration totals are shown
inclusive of basic salary, including geographical
allowances such as London Weighting; performance
related bonuses; any employer’s contributions paid in
respect of the Chief Executive under the pension scheme;
any sums paid, by way of expenses allowance; the
estimated money value of any other benefits receivable
by the Chief Executive otherwise than in cash; and any
agreed sum on taking up appointment, if applicable.
Where there has been more than one Chief Executive
over the period, the aggregate remuneration is shown.
Rows I–K
(All Bodies)
Shows the detail of appointments as at 1 September
1998. M=Male; F=Female.
Row I
Shows details for the Chairman or President
(possibly more than one Chairman).
Row J
Shows details for the Deputy or Vice Chairman or
Vice President (possibly more than one).
Row K
Shows details for members.
Ministers, civil servants or military officers who are ex-officio
members of an organisation are not shown. Unless
otherwise indicated, the appointments shown are made
by The Queen or Her Ministers (including appointments
made on their behalf or jointly, and those made by Heads
of Departments in Northern Ireland), and are part-time
and unpaid. However, brackets thus {} denotes an
appointment by others. Bold type thus denotes a full-time
appointment.
Any remuneration (rounded to the nearest pound) is
shown (in some cases as a band); these are annual
payments unless noted as being per day (pd), or half day
(hd), or per meeting (pm), or per case (pc). Normal
expenses, that is, travel and subsistence, are not
included. In general, remuneration and expenses will be
reflected in the expenditure figures in either row E (for
executive bodies and NHS bodies) or row G (for advisory
bodies, boards of visitors and tribunals).
Rows L–M
(Tribunal NDPBs)
Reflect tribunal’s workload, showing the number of
applications received relative to the number of cases
disposed of.
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