§ Sir J. Langford-Holtasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the 297W 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 total cost to the public purse of these appointments in each of these years.
§ Mr. MillanInformation in the form requested is not readily available, but in relation to persons currently holding paid appointments for which I am solely responsible the following numbers of appointments or reappointments were made in each of the years shown:
1975 138 1976 151 1977 52 1978 (to date) 61 On the question of costs, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Carlton (Mr. Holland) on 28th June.