§ Mrs. Winifred Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, of the 400 paid public appointments within his gift at an annual cost of £500,000, how many were created in each of the last five years and at what additional cost in respect of each year.
§ Mr. William RossThe number of new paid appointments created and the total cost of these appointments in each of the last five years is given in the following table: