§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the bodies for which his Department is responsible which would fulfil all the criteria for inclusion in "A Directory of Paid Public Appointments Made By Ministers" produced by the Civil Service Department, except for the fact that those appointed are not paid; in respect of which of these bodies expenses are paid; what those expenses amounted to in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what were all the other main constituent costs.
§ Mr. Bruce MillanThe latest consolidated list of such appointments was placed in the Library in response to the question tabled by the hon. Member for
598WThe figures are as follows:
Leek on 13th October 1976. Persons appointed to such bodies are entitled to claim reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred in the discharge of their service to the bodies concerned but no central record is kept of amounts paid as such expenses or of other constituent costs. The information could not be collected without disproportionate costs.