HC Deb 07 December 1989 vol 163 cc310-2W
Mr. Hood

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will name each of the chairmen of the nationalised industries; and if he will give details of salaries and other remunerations applicable to each.

Mr. Norman Lamont

[holding answer 6 December 1989]:The information requested is set out in the table:

Chairman Nationalised Industry 1Salary £
Sir Robert Haslam British Coal 160,000
Sir Robert Reid British Railways Board 90,950
Mr. C. Campbell British Shipbuilders 21,675
Mr. D. Ingham British Waterways Board 33,700
Mr. C. Tugendhat Civil Aviation Authority 60,000
Sir Philip Jones Electricity Council 94,380
Lord Marshall Central Electricity Generating Board 111,000
Mr. J. C. Smith Eastern Electricity Board 57,390
Mr. J. F. Harris East Midlands Electricity Board 57,390
Mr. J. J. Wilson London Electricity Board 57,390
Mr. B. H. Weston Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board 57,390
Mr. B. S. Townsend Midlands Electricity Board 57,390
Mr. D. Morris North Eastern Electricity Board 80,000
Mr. K. Harvey North Western Electricity Board 49,005
Mr. G. A. Squair South Eastern Electricity Board 57,390
Mr. D. A. Ross Southern Electricity Board 57,390
Mr. J. W. Evans South Wales Electricity Board 57,390
Mr. A. W. Nichol South Western Electricity Board 57,390
Mr. J. Porteous Yorkshire Electricity Board 57,390
Mr. W. Newton London Regional Transport 80,000
Mr. M. Joughin North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board 39,750
Sir Bryan Nicholson Post Office 102,000

Full time teacher vacancies in maintained primary and secondary schools in Cheshire: January 1984–January 1989
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Primary vacancies:
—number 23 11
—as a percentage of full-time primary teachers in post 0.7 0.3
Secondary vacancies:
—number 40 13 19 31 31 13
—as a percentage of full-time secondary teachers in post 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.3

Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has concerning the number of teachers who have left posts in Cheshire during the last 12-month period for which figures are available; and what was the comparable figure in each of the previous five years.

Numbers of teachers in Cheshire leaving full-time service in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools (MNPS): March 1982–March 1987
Year ending 31 March
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
per cent per cent
Left full-time service in MNPS in Cheshire of which: 615 (7.8) 580 (7.5)
—to full-time service in MNPS elsewhere in England and Wales 95 (1.2) 100 (1.3)
—to full-time service in other parts of the maintained sector in Cheshire and elsewhere 20 (0.3) 30 (0.4)
—no longer in full-time service in the maintained sector in England and Wales 586 511 626 556 500 (6.4) 450 (5.8)

Note: The figures in brackets for 1986 and 1987 express the numbers leaving as a percentage of all those in full-time service in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in Cheshire at the beginning of the year.

Chairman Nationalised Industry 1Salary £
Mr. I. S. Irwin Scottish Transport Group 59,825
Mr. D. J. Miller South of Scotland Electricity Board 66,900
Mr. B. Henderson Anglian Water Authority 43,860
Sir Michael Straker Northumbrian Water Authority 30,638
Mr. D. Grove North West Water Authority 61,275
Mr. John Bellak Severn Trent Water Authority 49,020
Mr. W. Courtney Southern Water Authority 43,860
Mr. Court South West Water Authority 51,063
Mr. R. Watts Thames Water Authority 49,020
Mr. J. Elfed Jones Welsh Water Authority 43,860
Mr. N. Hood Wessex Water Authority 40,850
Mr. G. Jones Yorkshire Water Authority 54,025
1 Actual salaries. Some Chairmen are part-time.

Chairmen are also eligible for performance bonus schemes with a maximum limit of 25 per cent, of salary.