§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many paid appointments to official bodies were within his gift(a) in 1979 and (b) now.
§ Mr. RidleyPaid appointments to public bodies for which my Department is currently responsible are shown in the HMSO publication " Public Bodies 1988". Since it went to print, urban development corporations have been established at central Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield and each has 10 paid members.
Publications in the series did not start until 1982 and there was no comparable publication in 1979. However, appointments in the gift of the Secretary of State for the Environment in 1978 are listed in the HMSO publication "A Directory of Paid Public Appointments made by Ministers 1978".