§ Mr. Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether he will give the number of public bodies, excluding departmental committees but including statutory corporations, to which he makes paid appointments, the total number of such appointments and the estimated total cost to public funds for the last year for which the information is available.
§ Mr. Hattersley,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 28th June 1978; Vol. 952, c. 612], gave the following information:
I have made 111 salaried appointments to 46 public bodies, excluding advisory and similar departmental committees. The estimated total salary cost falling on public funds during the financial year 1977–78 was £253,750.