HC Deb 27 June 1978 vol 952 cc464-6W
Mr. Sproat

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the bodies for which her Department is responsible which would fulfil all the criteria for inclusion in "A Directory of Paid Public Appointments Made By Minissters", produced by the Civil Service Department, except for the fact that those appointed are not paid; in respect of which of these bodies expenses are paid; what those expenses amounted to in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what were all the other main constituent costs.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

The bodies concerned are listed below. Those in respect of which expenses are paid are marked with an asterisk. Such expenses amounted to £19,000 in the financial year 1977–78. Information about other main constituent costs is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate expense:

  • Advisory Committee on the Supply and Training of Teachers*
  • Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education
  • Arts Council of Great Britain
  • British Film Institute: Board of Governors
  • British Museum Trustee
  • British Museum (Natural History) Trustees
  • Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges
  • Centre for Information and Advice on Educational Disadvantage: Governing Body
  • Consultative Committee for the Assessment of Performance Unit*
  • Council for Accreditation of Correspondence Colleges
  • Council for Educational Technology for the United Kingdom
  • Council for National Academic Awards
  • Council for the Royal Albert Hall
  • Council for the Training of Health Visitors
  • Cranfield Institute of Technology: Court
  • Further Education Curriculum Review Development Unit: Board of Management*
  • Further Education Staff College: Governing Body
  • General Nursing Council
  • Genetic Manipulation Advisory Group*
  • Governing Body of the Animal Virus Research Institute
  • Governing Body of the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute
  • Governing Body of the Grassland Research Institute
  • Governing Body of the National Institute of Agricultural Engineering
  • Governing Body of the National Vegetable Research Station
  • Governing Body of the Plant Breeding Institute
  • Governing Body of the John Innes Institute Harper Adams Agricultural College
  • Imperial College, London: Governing Body
  • Imperial War Museum (Trustee)
  • Library Advisory Council*
  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: Court of Governors
  • National Film School
  • National Leathersellers College
  • National Sea Training Trust
  • National Theatre Board
  • National Youth Bureau
  • Poultry Research Station, Houghton
  • Reviewing Committee on Export of Works of Art*
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  • Royal Agricultural College
  • Royal Ballet School: Governing Body
  • Royal Holloway College, Council
  • Seale Hayne Agricultural College
  • Science Museum Advisory Council*
  • Shuttleworth Agricultural College
  • Study Group for the Certificate of Extended Education*
  • University of Loughborough, Council University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology: Court
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Advisory Council*
  • Visiting Committee for Cranfield Institute of Technology*
  • Visiting Committee for the Royal College of Art*
  • Yehudi Menuhin School Governing Body