§ Mr. Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will give the number of public bodies, excluding 612W 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. William RodgersI am responsible for 18 public bodies, to which 146 salaried public appointments have been made. The total cost to public funds for 1977–78 is estimated at £488,876.