§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what is the total number of salaried statutory appointments which she is entitled to make; and what is the range of salaries involved.
§ Mr. HattersleyIt is not possible to state precisely how many salaried appointments my right hon. Friend has statutory power to make since in some of the statutes concerned no definite number is prescribed. The number of current appointments for which salaries could be paid is 56, but only 38 salaried appointments, ranging from £800 to £15,000 per annum, have been made.
26WThe above figures include the National Board for Prices and Incomes, which is now the Statutory responsibility of my right hon. Friend, and information about which was omitted from my reply to a similar question on 25th November. My right hon. Friend has appointed to that Board 5 full-time members whose salaries range from £6,500 to £15,000 per annum and 9 part-time members whose salaries range from £1,300 to £1,950.