HC Deb 30 April 1991 vol 190 cc154-7W
Mr. David Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report all the paid appointments within his patronage and the annual remuneration paid to each one.

Mr. Lang

Table 1 shows the information requested as at 1 July 1990. Table 2 provides information in respect of those appointments for which I am jointly responsible with other Ministers. I have made appointments to four major new bodies since July. Scottish Enterprise has a chairman, salary £43,000, and 10 members, salary £6,000; Highlands and Islands Enterprise has a chairman, salary £57,105, one member with a salary of £52,650 and eight members with salaries of £6,000; the Health Education Board for Scotland has a chairman, salary £13,500, and 10 members, salary £2,000; and the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland has a chairman, salary £20,000, four members with salaries of £8,616 and three members with salaries of £5,385.

Table 1
Paid appointments for which the Secretary of State for Scotland is responsible as at 1 July 1990
Annual salary as at 1 July 1990
£
Argyll and Clyde health board
Chairman 16,005
Ayrshire and Arran health board
Chairman 13,415
Borders health board
Chairman 10,810
Caledonian MacBrayne
Chairman 15,000
Seven members 4,500
Central Scotland Woodlands Ltd.
Chairman Fee paid
Commission for Local Authority Accounts in Scotland
Chairman 7,939
Deputy chairman 5,030
Six members 2,500
Two members 2,650
Common Services Agency for the Scottish health service
management committee
Chairman 12,355

Annual salary as at 1 July 1990
£
Counsel to Secretary of State on private legislation procedure
One member 10,994
One member 7,568
Countryside Commission for Scotland
Chairman 15,365
Deputy chairman 6,422
Crofters Commission
Chairman 36,848
Six members 9,393
Cumbernauld development corporation
Chairman 18,202
Deputy chairman 7,804
Seven members 3,525
One member 3,735
Dumfries and Galloway health board
Chairman 10,810
East Kilbride development corporation
Chairman 18,202
Deputy chairman 8,272
Five members 3,525
Two members 3,735
Fife health board
Chairman 13,415
Forth Valley health board
Chairman 13,415
Glenrothes development corporation
Chairman 18,202
Deputy chairman 7,804
Eight members 3,525
Grampian health board
Chairman 18,250
Greater Glasgow health board
Chairman 22,730
Highland and Islands development board (replaced by Highlands and Islands Enterprise from 1 April 1991)
Chairman 56,540
Deputy chairman 52,130
One member 46,695
One member 41,500
Three members 8,123
Highland health board
Chairman 13,415
Horse Race Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal for Scotland
Two members 1109
Irvine development corporation
Chairman 18,202
Deputy chairman 8,272
Seven members 3,735
Lanarkshire health board
Chairman 16,005
Livingston development corporation
Chairman 17,172
Deputy chairman 8,272
Five members 3,525
Two members 3,735
Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
Chairman 4,691
Vice chairman 11,122

Annual salary as at 1 July 1990
£
Three members 1,573
Lothian health board
Chairman 20,490
Orkney health board
Chairman 6,510
Preliminary review committee for life sentence prisoners
Three members 2
Red deer commission
Chairman 15,173
Rent assessment panel for Scotland
President 12,471
Vice president 7,863
Scottish Agricultural Wages Board
Chairman 1137
Three members 187
Scottish Dental Practice Board
Chairman 33,991
Scottish Development Agency (replaced by Scottish Enterprise from 1 April 1991)
Chairman 38,836
Deputy chairman 19,665
Five members 5,330
Scottish Homes
Chairman 30,719
Deputy chairman 13,957
Seven members 5,330
Scottish Hydro-Electric PLC
Chairman 39,750
Three members 4,860
Three members 60,000
One member 79,700
Scottish Legal Aid Board
Chairman 17,170
14 members 8,529
Scottish Power PLC
Chairman 66,900
Four members 4,860
One member 66,000
One member 63,000
One member 57,000
One member 54,000
Scottish Seed Potato Development Council
Chairman 7,110
Scottish tourist board
Chairman 28,048
Five members 5,330
Scottish Transport Group
Chairman 64,610
Deputy chairman 12,922
One member 6,804
Three members 5,184
Shetland health board
Chairman 6,510
State hospital management committee
Chairman 11,955
Tayside health board
Chairman 18,250

Annual salary as at 1 July 1990
£
Western Isles health board
Chairman 6,510
1 Per day.
2 Varied daily fees paid.

Table 2
Paid appointments made jointly by Secretary of State for Scotland and other ministers as at 1 July 1990
Annual salary as at 1 July 1990
£
Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards
Chairman 21,450
Deputy chairman 7,900
Agricultural Training Board
Chairman 6,589
Deputy Chairman 6,041
British Wool Marketing Board
Three members 5,675
Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
Chairman 22,650
Director General of Electricity Supply 71,000
Food from Britain
Chairman 30,000
Deputy chairman 4,290
One member 4,290
Nine members 1,895
Two members 1,804
Home Grown Cereals Authority
Chairman 15,441
Deputy chairman 5,330
19 members 2,660
Horticultural Development Council
Chairman 21,138
Deputy chairman 3,830
20 members 125
Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce
Chairman 5,477
Meat and Livestock Commission
Chairman 45,453
Deputy chairman 22,465
One member 10,840
Nine members 5,330
National Radiological Protection Board
Chairman 9,310
12 members 166
Sea Fish Industry Authority
Chairman 25,490
10 members 5,330
United Kingdom Seeds Executive
Chairman 6,689
Four members 2,382
1 Per day.

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