§ Mr. Hollandasked the Secretary for State for Scotland 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. MillanAs the hon. Member has tabled similar questions to other Ministers, I exclude the paid appointments which I make jointly with them. I am solely responsible for making 422 salaried or fee paid appointments to 51 bodies. Information about the total costs involved could not be collected without disproportionate cost but at current rates the annual salaries payable are estimated at about £380,000.