§ Lord Dean of Beswickasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish the individual and aggregate salaries and expenses of the chairmen since their inception of the water authorities, residuary bodies, urban development corporations and regional and district health authorities.
The Earl of CaithnessInformation is not available in the form requested.
The annual HMSO publication Public Bodies, first produced in 1982, records the remuneration of the chairmen of water authorities, residuary bodies, urban development corporations, regional and district health authorities, Scottish health boards and 571WA health and social services boards in Northern Ireland. The current remuneration of chairmen of the present bodies is as follows:
Urban Development Corporations London Docklands £28,316 Merseyside £14,223 Trafford Park £18,964 Tyne & Wear £14,223 Black Country £9,482 Teeside £18,964 Central Manchester £14,223 Leeds £14,223 Sheffield £14,223 Residuary Bodies London £56,320 Greater Manchester £19,826 Merseyside £19,826 South Yorkshire £18,024 Tyne and Wear £18,024 West Midlands £19,826 West Yorkshire £18,024 English Water Authorities Anglian £40,800 Northumbrian £28,500 North West £45,600 Severn-Trent £45,600 Southern £40,800 South West £47,500 Thames £45,600 Wessex £38,000 Yorkshire £45,900 Welsh Water Authority £40,800 Regional & District Health Authorities in England and Wales £11,709 Scottish Health Boards £3,956 to £15,063 Health and Social Services Boards in Northern Ireland £5,790 to £12,770 Information on the remuneration of chairmen of the regional water authorities and the urban development corporations in existence prior to 1982 was published in Public Boards 1982 (Cmnd. 8526) and its series of predecessors.
Information on the salaries of chairmen of health authorities, Scottish health boards and the health and social services boards in Northern Ireland prior to 1982 is not readily available.
Information on the expenses paid to the individual chairmen listed is not held centrally.