§ Dr. McDonald asked the Minister for the Civil Service if she will publish in the Official Report the number of public bodies and committees existing in 1980 to which Ministers make appointments, the number of full-time and part-time posts, the number of paid appointments in each case and the total cost of each.
§ Mr. Hayhoe:Up-to-date information is not available in the form requested, but I refer the hon. Member to "Non-Departmental Public Bodies: Facts and Figures 1980", which lists the non-departmental public bodies, as defined in Cmnd. 7797, in existence on 1 April 1980 with details of their expenditure and to the "Directory of Paid Public Appointments Made By Ministers 1978", which 473W provides full details of paid appointments by Ministers for that year. Both publications are in the Library of the House.