§ Sir J. Langford-Holtasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the total number of paid public appointments made by him in each of the last four years as recorded in the "Directory of Paid Public Appointments made by Ministers", and what was the the total cost to the public purse of these appointments in each of these years.
§ Mr. Dell,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 19th July 1978; Vol. 954, c. 223], gave the following answer:
The information is as follows:
Number of paid appointments or re-appointments Gross cost of salaries/fees paid in respect of such appointments from public funds administered by the Department of Trade during the 4-year period in question £ 1974–75 19 16,900 1975–76 24 18,300 1976–77 25 24,900 1977–78 17 25,300 Of the bodies listed in the "Directory of Paid Public Appointments made by Ministers", the salaries and fees of Members of only seven fall on public funds administered by the Department of Trade.