§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what fees, salaries, expenses and other benefits are paid to members of the Commission for Racial Equality; what was the total sum paid to each of the members of the commission who have failed to be reappointed; and whether similar remuneration will be paid to their replacements, if there are any.
§ Mr. RaisonThe salaries payable to the commission's full-time chairman and full-time deputy chairman with effect from 1 April 1980 are £20,795 per annum and £14,515 per annum respectively. All part-time commissioners receive a fee, fixed at £40 per day with effect from 1 January 1980, for each day's attendance. In addition, travelling and subsistence allowances may be payable. Individual figures could not be provided without disproportionate effort, but the total for 1978–79 for all commissioners, the latest year for which the information is available, was £40,166 (which included the fees and expenses of additional commissioners122W appointed for the purpose of formal investigations). The remuneration of newly appointed commissioners will be at the same rate.