§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list all the boards, committees and trustees that(a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department are wholly or partly responsible for appointing members to, listing for each one (i) the total membership of each board, committee or trustees, (ii) the procedure for making each appointment, (iii) the remuneration made and (iv) the term of office. [48376]
§ Tessa Jowell[holding answer Wednesday 10 April 2002]: The bodies for which I am wholly or partly responsible for the appointment of members are set out in the following table. This includes appointments made by other Ministers in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on my behalf and appointments made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, or through him, by Her Majesty The Queen, on which I advise. The table also includes bodies where appointments are the responsibility of others, but where I have an approving role. There are also bodies where I am responsible for making some appointments but where I have no role in others. Appointments which fall under the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments follow procedures which meet the requirements of her Code of Practice. For other appointments, the spirit of the Commissioner's Code is encouraged. Appointments to DCMS sponsored bodies are usually for terms of between three and five years.
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DCMS Public Appointments Sponsored body No. of members Remuneration range—— board (per annum unless stated) Remuneration chair (per annum unless stated) Within remit of Commissioner for Public Appointments Crafts Council 1 No English Heritage 17 2,235–5,000 54,000 Yes English Tourism Council 7 7,880 37,440 Yes Film Council 15 2,100 Yes Football Licensing Authority 8 5,000 Yes Gaming Board for Great Britain 5 16,447 Yes Geffrye Museum 12 Yes Historic Royal Palaces 9 Yes Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust 11 Yes Horserace Betting Levy Appeals Tribunal for England and Wales 3 187–265 per day 48,250 No Horserace Betting Levy Board 3 14,900–19,800 83,552 Yes Horserace Totalisator 9 9,613 33,026 Yes Imperial War Museum 22 Yes Independent Football Commission 1 Yes Independent Television Commission 11 19,900–26,250 77,590 Yes Millennium Commission 9 Yes Museum of London 17 Yes Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester 12 Yes National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts 14 1,800–2,700 22,660 Yes National Gallery 14 Yes National Heritage Memorial Fund 15 4,440–17,590 32,132 Yes National Lottery Commission 5 6,378 Yes National Maritime Museum 16 Yes National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside 18 Yes National Portrait Gallery 16 Yes Natural History Museum 12 Yes New Millennium Experience Co. 11 11,110 Yes New Opportunities Fund 13 8,309–12,500 24,133 Yes Public Lending Right Advisory Committee 8 Yes Public Lending Right Registrar 1 48,706 Yes Quality, Efficiency and Standards Team 6 41,020 Yes Radio Authority 9 14,930–19,690 58,180 Yes Chair of Culture South West 1 Yes Chair of East Midlands Regional Cultural Consortium 1 Yes Chair of East of England Regional Culture Consortium 1 Yes Chair of North East Regional Cultural Consortium 1 Yes Chair of North West Regional Cultural Consortium 1 Yes Chair of South East Regional Cultural Consortium 1 Yes Chair of West Midlands Regional Cultural Consortium 1 Yes Chair of Yorkshire and Humber Regional Cultural Consortium 1 Yes Resource 17 Yes Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Arts 8 Yes Royal Armouries 11 Yes Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts 18 Yes Royal Opera House 15 No Royal Parks Advisory Board 9 No S4C 8 8,300 44,480 Yes Science Museum 17 Yes St. John Soane's Museum 9 Yes South Bank Centre Board Ltd. 16 No Spoliation Advisory Panel 11 5,631 Yes Sport England 19 2,220–15,195 25,205 Yes Tate Gallery 12 Yes Theatres Trust 15 No Treasure Valuation Committee 6 Yes UK Sport 16 1,220 36,705 Yes Victoria and Albert Museum 19 Yes Wallace Collection 8 Yes
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list all the individuals that(a) she and her predecessors and (b) Ministers in her Department and their predecessors have appointed to boards, committees and trustees since 2 May 1997. [48378]
§ Tessa Jowell[holding answer Wednesday 10 April 2002]: The information you requested is being placed in the Libraries of both Houses. The list shows people who have been appointed or reappointed since 2 May 1997 by myself or by predecessor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Islington South and Finsbury (Chris Smith). This includes appointments which have been made by Ministers in my Department on my behalf. It 516W does not include appointments made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister or, through him, by Her Majesty The Queen, on which I advise.