§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the members of the Race Relations Board as of 31 December 1980; what their salaries were in 1980; how many people are employed by the Race Relations Board; and what was the total cost to public funds of the Race Relations Board in 1980.
§ Mr. RaisonThe Race Relations Board was abolished when the Commission for Racial Equality was set up in June 1977.
The commission's members are:
- Mr. David Lane (Chairman)
- Mr. Clifton Robinson (Deputy Chairman)
- Mr. Brian Ashley
- Ms. Lulu Banu
- Mrs. Juliet Cheetham
- Mr. Frank Cummins
- Mrs. Shreela Flather
- Dr. Farrukh Hashmi
- Mr. Malcolm Lee
- Mr. Dilbagh Singh Mavi
- Mr. William Morris
- Mrs. Gertrude Paul
- Mr. Robert Ramsey
- Mr. Alan Wilson
The chairman and the deputy chairman receive an annual salary of £23,105 and £16,535 respectively. Other members of the commission, who are appointed on a part-time basis, are paid fees—currently £50 a day—plus reasonable expenses for their attendance at commission meetings.
I understand that on 31 December 1980 the commission employed 218 staff. The estimated total cost of the commission to public funds in the 1980–81 financial year is £7.036 million.