§ Mr. CollinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many appointments he has made to public bodies since 7 June; and how many are in his gift. [15476]
§ Ruth KellyInformation about the numbers of ministerial appointments to public bodies is included in the Cabinet Office's annual report, "Public Bodies". Copies of this are placed in the Library of the House and the report is published on the Cabinet Office's internet website. The next edition of "Public Bodies", which will include numbers of appointments at 31 March 2001, will be published around the end of the year.
Ministers of the Chancellor's Departments and agencies make (or in the case of Crown appointments recommend the making of) a total of 80 appointments to six of the public bodies listed in "Public Bodies". No new appointments or reappointments have been made to these bodies since 7 June.