§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will give, at the latest and most convenient stated date, the numbers of peers of the realm who hold any appointment sponsored by his Department; what situation or appointment each one holds; how many hours per week are given to the work connected with it; what are the salaries or expenses paid; and how the latter figures compare with May 1979.
§ Mr. WaddingtonFollowing is the information as at 1 July 1981
- Engineering Industry Training Board: Lord Scanlon, part time chairman salary £7,393 pa (£5,285 May 1979) 2½ days a week.
- Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal: Lord Wedderbum, part time member fee £50 per day of attendance. (£23 May 1979).
- Printing and Publishing Industry Training Board: Baroness Seear, part time member, unpaid.
- Advisory Committee on Women's Employment: Baroness Seear, member, unpaid; Baroness Lockwood, member, unpaid; Baroness Gardner, member, unpaid.
- Community Industry National Management Board; Lord Melchett, part-time chairman, unpaid.
- South and Mid-Cheshire District Manpower Committee: Lord Rochester, chairman, unpaid.
- Birmingham Hereford and Worcester Special Programmes Area Board: The Lord Bishop of Worcester, chairman, unpaid.
- North Yorkshire Special Programmes Area Board: The Earl of Swinton, member unpaid.
- Reasonable travelling and subsistence expenses are reimbursed to paid and unpaid appointees within the discretion of the chairman of the board or committee.
Attendance at board and committee meetings is a matter for the chairman concerned and except where stated the number of hours a week given by individual appointees could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.