HC Deb 19 October 1989 vol 158 cc236-7W
Mr. Sillars

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a list of non-departmental public bodies appointed by him; if he will list the names and employment of each member, showing salaries paid; and what is the total public expenditure involved in running these organisations in a full year.

Mr. Rifkind

The list of non-departmental public bodies to which I make appointments is contained in the Cabinet Office publication "Public Bodies", a copy of which is available in the Library. The list includes information about the numbers of appointments, the remuneration paid to members, the cost of administration and the public expenditure for which the body is responsible.

One major public body has been set up since the publication of "Public Bodies 1988". This is Scottish Homes, to which I have appointed a chairman (remuneration £28,980 per annum) and eight members (£3,964 per annum).

A list (correct at 5 December 1988) of all the members of the Scottish bodies in "Public Bodies 1988" was placed in the Library in response to a question from the hon. Member for East Lothian (Mr. Home Robertson) answered on 7 December 1988 at column 211.

Domestic subjects on the Valuation Roll, by tenure 31 March 1989
Area Local authority SSHA New town Privately owned All domestic subjects Number
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number
Scotland 807,615 38.4 75,710 3.6 44,166 2.1 1,175,804 55.9 2,103,295
Borders
Berwickshire 2,416 27.7 6 0.1 6,301 72.2 8,723
Ettrick and Lauderdale 3,952 26.5 669 4.5 10,279 69.0 14,900
Roxburgh 5,339 33.2 822 5.1 9,933 61.7 16,094
Tweeddale 1,442 21.2 177 2.6 5,171 76.2 6,790
Central
Clackmannan 8,490 45.2 1,542 8.2 8,733 46.5 18,765
Falkirk 28,781 49.9 2,382 4.1 26,558 46.0 57,721
Stirling 11,774 36.9 335 1.1 19,762 62.0 31,871
Dumfries and Galloway
Annandale and Eskdale 4,741 31.4 114 0.8 10,240 67.8 15,095
Nithsdale 7,081 30.6 426 1.8 15,617 67.5 23,124
Stewartry 2,266 22.0 14 0.1 8,023 77.9 10,303
Wigtown 4,237 33.6 8,368 66.4 12,605
Fife
Dunfermline 19,535 39.4 3,590 7.2 26,440 53.3 49,565
Kirkcaldy 23,043 37.4 2,256 3.7 7,230 11.7 29,027 47.2 61,556
North East Fife 6,671 23.5 19 0.1 21,640 76.4 28,330
Grampian
Aberdeen 35,175 38.3 2,251 2.4 54,465 59.3 91,891
Banff and Buchan 11,438 33.5 673 2.0 22,044 64.5 34,155
Gordon 5,387 18.8 241 0.8 23,077 80.4 28,705
Kincardine and Deeside 3,584 17.8 345 1.7 16,206 80.5 20,135
Moray 10,009 29.0 321 0.9 24,129 70.0 34,459
Highland
Badenoch and Strathspey 1,030 19.3 4,312 88.7 5,342
Caithness 3,822 34.1 189 1.7 7,202 64.2 11,213
Inverness 6,693 26.9 1,098 4.4 17,080 68.7 24,071
Lochaber 3,021 35.7 247 2.9 5,188 61.4 8,456
Nairn 1,067 25.3 119 2.8 3,027 71.8 4,213
Ross and Cromarty 6,141 30.4 416 2.1 13,666 67–6 20,223
Skye and Lochalsh 852 15.0 4,824 85.0 5,676
Sutherland 1,751 25.7 5,056 74–3 6,887
Lothian
East Lothian 14,032 40.4 1,096 3.2 19,578 56.4 34,706
Edinburgh 47,165 24.0 1,780 0.9 147,751 75.1 196,696
Midlothian 10,763 35.8 3,002 l0.0 16,317 54.2 30,082
West Lothian 19,514 35.7 2,832 5.2 9,485 17.4 22,791 41.7 54,622
Strathclyde
Argyll and Bute 7,643 24.8 348 1.1 22,851 74.1 30,842
Bearsden and Milngavie 1,689 11.5 50 0.3 12,936 88.1 14,675
Clydebank 11,004 56.9 2,792 14.4 5,541 28.7 19,337
Clydesdale 9,558 43.1 1,156 5.2 11,470 51.7 22,192
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 4,220 18.6 55 0.2 8,634 38.1 9,732 43.0 22,641
Cumnock and Doon Valley 9,127 54.5 1,982 11.8 5,625 33.6 16,734
Cunninghame 20,688 36.8 2,336 4.2 4,940 8.8 28,292 50.3 56,256

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