HC Deb 08 April 1971 vol 815 cc301-2W
Mr. Edelman

asked the Prime Minister how many public appointments other than those supervised by the Civil Service Commission depend on his nomination; what is the annual cost of the consequential emoluments chargeable to public funds; and whether he will publish a schedule of the offices within his gift, other than those which are supervised by the Civil Service Commission.

The Prime Minister

There are no paid public appointments within my own gift but there are 90 such appointments (excluding ministerial and ecclesiastical) on which it is my duty to advise the Sovereign. Thirty-two of these are not chargeable to public funds. The total cost in a full year of those so chargeable is about £525,000. A schedule of these appointments is set out below:

Appointments paid from public funds

British Broadcasting Corporation

Chairman, Vice-Chairman and 10 Governors.

Crown Estate Commission

  • First Commissioner and Chairman 6 part-time Commissioners.
  • Chairman of the Development Commission.

Forestry Commission

  • Chairman (part-time).
  • 4 part-time Commissioners.
  • Lord Chief Justice of England.
  • Master of the Rolls.
  • President, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division.
  • 10 Lords of Appeal in Ordinary.
  • 14 Lord Justices of Appeal.
  • Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session in Scotland.
  • Lord Justice Clerk.
  • Comptroller and Auditor-General.
  • Parliamentary Commissioner.
  • Clerk of the Parliaments.
  • Clerk of the House of Commons.

Appointments not paid from public funds

First Church Estates Commissioner.

Cambridge University

  • Regius Professor of Modern History.
  • Regius Professor of Civil Law.
  • King Edward VII Professor of English Literature.
  • Regius Professor of Physick.
  • Master of Trinity.
  • Master of Churchill College.

Oxford University

  • Regius Professor of Greek.
  • Regius Professor of Modern History.
  • Regius Professor of Civil Law.
  • Regius Professor of Medicine.
  • Regius Professor of Hebrew.
  • Provost of Eton.
  • Principal of King's College, London.

Bank of England

I advise Her Majesty on the appointment of the Governor, Deputy Governor and members of the Court of Directors of the Bank of England. Details of their remuneration can be found in the Bank's Annual Report.