HC Deb 28 October 1954 vol 531 cc292-5W
51. Sir W. Smithers

asked the Minister of Agriculture how many paid appointments to posts outside the Civil Service he is responsible for making; what is the nature of each appointment; and what salary is payable in each case.

Mr. Nugent

The following is the reply:

I. The following appointments are made by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries to posts outside the Civil Service.

Agricultural Land Commission

  • Chairman: £1,500.
  • Chairman of the Welsh Agricultural Land Sub-Commission: £1,000.
  • 6 Members: £500.

Agricultural Wages Board

  • Chairman: £6 6s. per day when the Board is sitting.
  • 4 Members: £4 4s. per day when the Board is sitting.
  • Average annual cost: £100.

Chairman of Tribunals under the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949

  • 8 Chairmen: £5 5s. per day when the Tribunal sits.
  • Average annual cost: £65.

Scientific Adviser on Civil Defence (part time): £100 per annum (maximum).

Land Settlement Association

  • Chairman (part-time): £975 per annum.
  • This salary is paid from the funds of the Association.

II. The following appointments are made jointly by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Minister of Food, the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Secretary of State for Scotland to posts outside the Civil Service.

White Fish Authority

  • Chairman: £4,000 per annum.
  • Deputy-Chairman (part-time): £2,000 per annum.
  • Member: £3,000 per annum (of which the Herring Industry Board pay £400).
  • Member (part-time): £1,500 per annum.
  • Member (part-time): £500 per annum.

Committee for Scottish and Northern Ireland A flairs under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Chairman of the Authority

  • 5 Members: £500 per annum each.

Herring Industry Board

  • Chairman (part-time): £2,000 per annum.
  • 2 Members (part-time): £400 per annum.

III. The following appointment is made jointly by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Secretary of State for Scotland to a post outside the Civil Service.

Vice-Chairman of the Wheat Commission (part-time): £700 per annum.

  • This salary is paid from the Wheat Fund.

IV. The following appointments are made jointly by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for the Home Department to posts outside the Civil Service:

Merchandise Marks Act. Standing Committee

  • Chairman: £13 2s. 6d. per day when Committee is sitting.
  • Two Members: £10 10s. per day when Committee is sitting.
  • Average annual cost: £140.

V. The following appointments are made by lie Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under the Agricultural Marketing Act, 1949 to posts outside the Civil Service. Salaries are fixed by producers at their Annual General Meeting and are paid out of the Board's funds:

Milk Marketing Board

  • Three Members.

Hops Marketing Board

  • Two Members.

VI. The following appointments are made jointly by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Secretary of State for Scotland under the Agricultural Marketing Act, 1949, to posts outside the Civil Service, Salaries are fixed by producers at their Annual General Meeting and are paid out of the Board's funds.

Tomato and Cucumber Marketing Board

  • Four Members.

VII. The following appointments to posts outside the Civil Service are made jointly by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Secretary of State for the Home Department and Secretary of State for Scotland. Salaries are fixed by producers at their Annual General Meeting and are paid out of the Board's funds.

Wool Marketing Board

  • Three Members.

82. Sir W. Smithers

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many paid appointments to posts outside the Civil Service he is responsible for making; what is the nature of each appointment; and what salary is payable in each case.

Major Lloyd George

A list giving the particulars for which my hon. Friend asks is as follows:

Appointments made directly by the Secretary of State

  • 10 Commanders, Metropolitan Police: £1,720—£1,900.
  • Government Secretary, Guernsey: £800.
  • Government Secretary, Jersey: £800.
  • Government Secretary, Isle of Man: £1,200—£1,500.
  • Land Commissioner, Alderney: £1,320.
  • London Probation Service:
    • Whole-time Probation Officers:
      • 58 men: £470 at age 23 to £555 at age 29; £570 at age 30 or over to £730.
      • 55 women: £455 at age 23 to 540 at age 29; £555 at age 30 or over to £620.
    • Senior Probation Officers:
      • 16 men and 7 women: £75 allowance on their salaries as whole-time officers.
    • Assistant Principal Probation Officers:
      • 2 men: £830—£950.
      • 2 women: £705—£830.
    • Deputy Principal Probation Officer:
      • man: £940—£1,060.
    • Principal Probation Officer:
      • 1 man: £1,255—£1,405.
    • Temporary Probation Officers:
      • 6 men: £7—£8 10s. a week according to experience.
      • 2 women (part-time): £310 and £75.
    • Clerks—General Division:
      • 3 men: £190—£470.
      • 32 women: £154—£380.
      • 18 women (part-time). Proportionate to number of hours worked.
    • Clerks—Clerical Division:
      • 1 man: £495—£540.
      • 1 woman: £401—£437.
    • Clerks—Higher Clerical Division:
      • 1 man: £540—£585.

Chairman of the Racehorse Betting

  • Control Board: £2,000.
  • 1 Coventry Civil Defence Commissioner: £750.

98. Sir W. Smithers

asked the Minister of Education how many paid appointments to posts outside the Civil Service he is responsible for making; what is the nature of each appointment; and what salary is payable in each case.

Sir D. Eccles

Five, The present director of the Imperial Institute was appointed by my predecessor in 1952 at a salary of £1,850 per annum, under Section 5 of the Imperial Institute Act, 1925, as varied by the Transfer of Functions (Imperial Institute) Order, 1949. Under the trust deeds of the four national colleges established by my Department between 1947 and 1949, the appointment of the principal rests with me in consultation with the governors. The salaries of these four posts are fixed by my Department in the light of current salaries for comparable posts in colleges of further education maintained by local education authorities.