§ Mr. Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Energy 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. BennI appoint paid members of 18 statutory corporations; at present there are 139 such appointments. The current total of annual salaries for these appointments is about £911,000. Board salaries for the gas, coal and electricity industries are met from the industries' revenues; for the British National Oil Corporation from the National Oil Account; and for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority from my Department's Vote.