§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether, when publishing the new or revised copy of "A Directory of Paid Public Appointments made by Ministers" (ISBN 011 630332 8), he will give a full and complete list of the actual salaries, fees and expenses claimed and paid during the previous 12 months by the members of these various Government boards, together with details of meetings actually held and the attendances thereat of the appointed members.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisNo. To collect, collate and publish information about the actual fees and expenses claimed and details of attendance of those holding appointments would be very costly and irrelevant to the main 559W purpose of the directory, which was to publish in a convenient form information about paid posts, for the assistance of possible applicants.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will give the total number of peers of the realm who hold Government appointments, the number of jobs held by these peers, and the total cost of all salaries, subsistence and travel expenses of the peers for any stated period of time.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisAs I have already indicated to my hon. Friend—[Vol. 912, c. 103.]—my Department does not maintain this information centrally.