§ Mr. Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Employment 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. John GrantThe total number of public bodies is 11 and the total number of full-and part-time paid appointments to these bodies is 218. The estimated total fees/salaries for the year 1977–78 is £306,102. No useful estimate of expenses is possible without incurring disproportionate costs.