HC Deb 04 March 1976 vol 906 cc698-9W
Mr. William Hamilton

asked the Prime Minister if he will publish in the Official Report a list of au the public appointments in his gift, apart from Ministers of the Crown; what are the total emoluments currently payable; and what were the comparable figures in 1964 and 1970.

The Prime Minister

There are no paid public appointments within my own gift, as my hon. Friend wrongly puts it, but the list below shows the paid appointments on which it is my duty to advise The Queen. The list excludes ministerial and ecclesiastical appointments, and also a number of Civil Service appointments, whose holders are recruited through normal Civil Service channels.

The total emoluments of such appointments met from public funds are now about £756,000, compared with £248,000 in 1964 and £373,000 in 1970.

Appointments Paid from Public Funds:

Royal Commission on the Press: Chairman.

Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth: Chairman.

British Broadcasting Corporation: Chairman, Vice Chairman and 10 Governors,

Crown Estate Commissioners: First Commissioner and 6 part-time Commissioners.

Development Commission: Chairman.

Forestry Commission: Chairman and 5 part-time members.

Lord Chief Justice of England.

Master of the Rolls.

President of the Family Division.

9 Lords of Appeal in Ordinary.

16 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 for Administration.

Clerk of the Parliaments.

Clerk of the House of Commons.

Health Service Commissioner for England.

Health Service Commissioner for Scotland.

Health Service Commissioner for Wales.

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 Physic.

Master of Trinity College.

Master of Churchill College.

Oxford University:

Regius Professor of Greek.

Regius Professor of Modern History.

Regius Professor of Civil Law.

Regius Professor 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.