HC Deb 19 July 1978 vol 954 cc242-3W
Sir J. Langford-Holt

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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 total cost to the public purse of these appointments in each of these years.

Mr. Tomlinson

The only paid public appointment for which my right hon. Friend is responsible, which is eligible for inclusion in the "Directory of Paid Public Appointments made by Ministers" and which will be in the second edition of the director, although it is not included in the present edition, is that of director of the Commonwealth Institute. The director's salary in each of the last four years was as follows:

£
1975 11,465
1976 11,465
1977 11,673
1978 12,738