§ Mr. Hollandasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will give the number of public bodies, excluding departmental committees but including statutory corporations, to which he makes paid appointments, the total number of such appointments and the estimated total cost to public funds for the last year for which the information is available.
§ Mr. ShoreI am responsible for 61 public bodies, to which 978 salaried and fee-paid public appointments have been made. The total cost to public funds for 1977–78 is estimated at £509,636.