HC Deb 01 April 1977 vol 929 cc280-1W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a list of appointments under his patronage both full-time and part-time, together with the present scales of remuneration and duration of tenure of office with dates for present terminations.

Mr. Deakins

My right hon. Friend makes paid appointments to the bodies listed in the table below. Apart from the Chairman of the Dental Estimates Board and the salaried members of the pneumoconiosis medical panels, all these appointments are part-time.

The other details required, which apply also to some 8,700 unpaid appointments for which my right hon. Friend is responsible, are not recorded centrally and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost to public funds.

Body Post Number in post Remuneration
Medical appeal tribunals Members 318 £34.80 fee per day.
Medical boards Members 1,400 £11.37 fee per session.
£14.36 When action as chairman
Medical practices Committee Chairman 1 £8,580 p.a.
Members 8 £30–£32.50 fee per day.
Medical Commission Chairman 1 £32 fee per meeting.
Members 15 £27 fee per meeting.
National Development Group for the Mentally Handicapped. Chairman 1 £25 fee per day.
Members 2 £21 fee per day.
3 Secondment arrangements (Department reimburses employing authority).
National Insurance Advisory Committee. Chairman 1 £18.90 fee per day.
Members 7 £6.30 fee per day.
Occupational Pensions Board Chairman 1 £5,289.84 p.a.
Deputy Chairman 1 £4,039.84 p.a.
Members 12 £21 fee per day.
Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Board. Chairman 1 £50 fee per day.
Deputy Chairman 1 £40 fee per day.
Members 6 £20 fee per day.
32 Civil Service rates of pay.
Pneumoconiosis Medical Panels Members 22 £11.37–£17.39 fee per session.
Regional health authorities Chairmen 14 £2,000 p.a.
Supplementary Benefits Commission Chairman 1 £9,600 p.a.
Deputy Chairman 1 £2,000 p.a.
Members 6 £1,000 p.a.
Workmen's Compensation (Supplementation) Board. Chairman 1 £50 fee per day.
Deputy Chairman 1 £40 fee per day.
Members 6 £20 fee per day.

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