§ Major Legge-Bourkeasked the Secretary to the Treasury the remuneration paid to the chairmen and members of consumers councils, consultative councils and committees, and advisory councils established in connection with the nationalised industries; and the total cost of staff, office accommodation and other working expenses for each one of these bodies.
§ Mr. H. BrookeThe only remuneration paid is as follows
Chairman of Domestic Coal Consumers'Council—£100 a year allowance.Chairmen of Area Gas and Area Electricity Consultative Councils—£250 in addition to remuneration as part-time members of these Boards.Chairman, members and assessor, Air Transport Advisory Council—20 gns., 15 gns., and 6 gns., respectively, for each day's attendance (totalling £5,721 9s. in 1955–56).Otherwise members of these bodies are unpaid, but receive travel and subsistence allowances at Government Committee rates.
The latest available figures for the total annual cost of these bodies (excluding the remuneration mentioned above) are as follows:
£ Coal Consumers' Councils* 2,000 Area Gas Consultative Councils 17,234 Area Electricity Consultative Councils 34,902 Air Transport Advisory Council* 8,605 Transport Users Consultative Committees 14,592 Scottish Transport Council (4 months only)* 150 * Expenditure borne by the Exchequer. The figures exclude the cost of accommodation provided by Ministry of Works. Information is not available for the Scottish, Northern Ireland and Welsh Advisory Councils for Civil Aviation.