HL Deb 08 July 1999 vol 603 cc113-4WA
Lord Lester of Herne Hill

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish detailed income and expenditure accounts in relation to the performance by the Law Lords of their judicial functions in the Privy Council, covering all categories of expenditure other than the salaries of the Law Lords themselves. [HL3357]

The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Jay of Paddington)

The income of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council consists of Council Office fees paid in respect of legal proceedings. In the financial year 1998–99 the fee receipts amounted to £70,209.10.

In the same year the running costs were as follows:

  1. (a) staff costs: £213,590;
  2. (b) overheads and general expenditure: £258,657;
  3. (c) total: £472,247.

The figures at (b) and (c) include daily sitting fees paid to members of the Judicial Committee who are not in receipt of judicial salaries, but do not include any element in respect of the salaries of those who are.