§ Q22. Mr. Edelmanasked the Prime Minister how many public appointments whose cost is chargeable to the Exchequer or to public corporations depend on nomination by Ministers; what is the annual cost of the consequential emoluments chargeable to public funds; and whether he will publish a schedule of the offices within the Ministerial gift.
§ The Prime MinisterThe cost involved in the preparation of a comprehensive statement would be disproportionate, but some of the information for which the hon. Member is asking is set out in the White Paper on Public Boards (Cmnd. 4611) which was published on Monday, 8th March.