§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the people he has appointed to official bodies and non-departmental public bodies coming under the aegis of his Department in the last three years; and who they were. [33350]
§ Ms KeebleInformation about the numbers and remuneration of ministerial appointments to public 537W bodies, including the names of chairpersons, is included in the annual Cabinet Office publication, "Public Bodies". Copies are available in the Libraries of the House and also published on the Cabinet Office's website at www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/quango. The next edition of "Public Bodies", which will include information on appointments as at 31 March 2001, will be published shortly.
A list showing people appointed by Ministers in the last three years has been placed in the Libraries of the House.
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Name (i) Term of office (ii) Salary (£) (a) Non-departmental public body Audit Commission Dame Helena Shove1ton1 17 December 1998 to 30 November 2001 34,880 Castle Vale Housing Action Trust Richard Temple Cox (reappointed) 30 June 1999 to 29 June 2002 32,680 Urban Regeneration Agency Lord Walker (reappointed) 10 December 1997 to 30 September 1998 0 Commission for the New Towns Dr. John Bradfield (reappointed) 1 April 1998 to 30 September 1998 37,223 English Partnerships Sir Alan Cockshaw2 1 October 1998 to 30 September 2001 50,000 Housing Corporation Baroness Brenda Dean 6 November 1997 to 31 March 2001 43,131 (reappointed) 1 April 2001 to 30 September 2003 Health and Safety Commission Bill Callaghan 1 October 1999 to 30 September 2004 93,021 Liverpool Housing Action Trust Paula Ridley (reappointed) 8 February 1999 to 31 March 2004 32,680 Stonebridge Housing Action Trust Tony Wade (reappointed) 27 July 1997 to 31 October 1997 28,765 Ivan Weekes 1 November 1997 to 31 October 2000 (resigned 31 March 2000) 30,828 Caroline Pickering 7 July 2000 to 16 July 2003 32,680 Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust Sheila Drew Smith 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2004 32,680 Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust John Chumrow (reappointed) 10 December 1997 to 31 December 2001 32,680 Standards Board for England (body created in 2001) Tony Holland 7 February 2001 to 6 February 2004 50,000 Strategic Rail Authority Sir Alastair Morton3 15 January 2001 to 31 March 2002 (resigned 30 November 2001) 137,917 Richard Bowker 1 December 2001 to 30 November 2006 250,000 Civil Aviation Authority Sir Malcolm Field (reappointed) 1 June 1999 to 31 May 2002 (resigned 16 September 2001) 79,149 Sir Roy McNulty 17 September 2001 to 31 August 2004 90,640 Advisory Panel on Standards in the Planning Inspectorate Michael FitzGerald (reappointed) 2 August 1998 to 1 December 2000 0 Corinne Swain 1 February 2001 to 31 January 2004 0 Building Regulations Advisory Committee Jack Anderson (reappointed) 1 January 1998 to 31 December 1999 0 Pat O'Sullivan 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2001 0 Michael Finn 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 0 Commission for Integrated Transport (body created in 1999) David Begg 30 March 1999 to 29 March 2002 26,497 Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee Jane Wilmot 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2001 0 (reappointed) 1 January 2002 to 30 June 2003 0 Local Government Commission Malcolm Grant (reappointed) 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2002 21,400 Property Advisory Group Robin Broadhurst 1 July 1998 to 30 June 2003 0 Rent Assessment Panel Eastern Bruce Edgington 1 October 1998 to 30 September 2002 31,406 Rent Assessment Panel London Susan Lloyd (reappointed) 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2002 (resigned 19 July 2000) 56,670 Siobahn McGrath (reappointed) 1 December 2000 to 31 January 2003 57,201 Rent Assessment Panel Midland John Bettinson (reappointed) 1 January 2000 to 14 October 2002 31,406 Rent Assessment Panel Northern Martin Davey (reappointed) 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2004 47,110 Rent Assessment Panel Southern Robert Long (reappointed) 1 October 1997 to 30 September 2002 47,110 Traffic Area Eastern Geoffrey Simms 1 June 1998 to 2 August 20064 68,000 Traffic Area North Eastern Tom Macartney 28 February 2000 to 30 June 20124 68,000 Traffic Area North Western Beverley Bell 10 April 2000 to 7 December 20244 68,000 Traffic Area South Eastern and Metropolitan Chris Heaps 4 January 2000 to 15 November 20074 69,100 Traffic Area West Midland and Welsh David Dixon 1 May 1998 to 3 April 20074 68,000 Traffic Area Western Philip Brown 9 May 2000 to 16 April 20184 68,000 (b) Commission Channel Tunnel Intergovernmental John Henes 4 January 2000 to 31 December 2002 Daily fee based on standard senior civil service rates Commission Commission for Local Administration Anthony Redmond 12 November 2001 to 5 132,603 (c) Public inquiries Thames Safety Inquiry Right Hon. Lord Justice Clarke Appointed 09/09, report published January 2000 No salary from the inquiry Marchioness/Bowbelle Formal Investigation and Public Inquiry into the Identification of Victims following Major Transport Accidents Right Hon. Lord Justice Clarke Appointed February 2000, final reports published March 2001 No salary from the Formal Investigation