HC Deb 01 March 1976 vol 906 cc438-9W
42. Mr. William Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report a list of all paid posts and appointments within his patronage, giving in each case the salary and other conditions applicable.

Mr. Varley

I append a list:

Paid Appointments, with Annual Salaries, within the Patronage of the Secretary of State for Industry

National Enterprise Board: Chairman (£31,850); Deputy Chairman (£26,000); eight members, part-time (£1,000).

British Steel Corporation: Chairman (£28,330); two Deputy Chairmen, one full-time (£18,253), one part-time (£2,000); 12 members, four full-time (in the range of £16,830–£21,830), eight part-time (three at £4,000, one at £3,000. four at £1,000).

Post Office: Chairman (£23,330); Deputy Chairman (£19,330); 10 members, five full-time (in the range £12,830–£ 17,830), five part-time (£1,000).

British Shipbuilders Organising Committee: Chairman full-time (£23,330, less retired pay of £10,185); two Deputy Chairmen full-time (£19,330).

British Aerospace Organising Committee: Chairman full-time (£23,330).

Cable & Wireless Ltd.: Chairman, part-time (£9,080); Managing Director (£12,828); eight directors, four full-time (in the range £9,328–£10,328), four part-time (three at £1,000, one unpaid).

English Industrial Estates Corporation: Chairman, part-time (£4,432); four members, part-time (£700).

National Research Development Corporation; Chairman, part-time (£2,000); Executive, full-time (receives no salary for board appointment in addition to his salary as an official); Managing Director, full-time (£12,830); eight members, part-time (£1,000).

National Computing Centre Ltd.: Chairman, part-time (£1,000); Deputy Chairman, part-time (£750); Director, full-time (£9,700); two part-time members (one at £675, one at £500).

Furniture Development Council: Chairman, part-time (£250).

Full-time appointments, except those made to the two Organising Committees where pension provision has yet to be established, and the part-time chairman-ship of the English Industrial Estates Corporation are pensionable. Travelling, subsistence and reasonable hospitality expenses incurred directly on the business of an organisation are reimbursed by that organisation.