§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Employment 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. MayhewI refer my hon. Friend to the "Report on Non-Departmental Public Bodies", published as Cmnd. 7797. Paragraph 3 of chapter 6 of the report lists the bodies to be abolished or rationalised within the Department of Employment group and the savings which will result.
For bodies sponsored by the Department itself, the appointments which have been terminated are as follows:
Wages Councils 21 Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth 7 I am advised by the Manpower Services Commission that reducing the number of district manpower committees from 125 to 88 involves the termination of approximately 1,365 appointments, and by the Health and Safety Commission that the winding up of the Advisory Committee on Asbestos has saved 16 appointments.