§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list in the Official Report the bodies to which he appoints members other than civil servants whose abolition has been announced since May; and if he will list in each case the cash savings that will result and the number of appointed members whose appointments will be terminated.
§ Mr. Humphrey AtkinsMy hon. Friend will have noted the measures announced in the "Report on Non-Departmental Public Bodies"(Cmnd. 7797) which was presented to Parliament on 16 January 1980. Since the report was completed I have also announced the abolition of the Northern Ireland Agricultural Trust at a saving of £0.403 million per annum. The number of appointments terminating in each case is as follows:
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General Agricultural Advisory Committee 18 Cattle Improvement Committee 10 NI Agricultural Trust 9 Employment Services Management Committee 15 Central Advisory Council for the Employment of the Disabled 20 Roads Advisory Committee 7 Special Purchase of Evacuated Dwellings Committee 5 NI Trade Statistics Consultative Committee 10 Supplementary Benefits Commission 5 Additionally, 35 appointments will terminate in 1981 when the remits of the Community Education Forum and the Community Worker Research Project come to an end.