HC Deb 15 January 1992 vol 201 cc598-601W
Mr. Maxton

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list(a) the paid appointments within his patronage, (b) the annual remuneration paid to each one and (c) the total remuneration costs.

Mr. Lang

Table 1 shows the annual remuneration at 1 July 1991 to my appointees in paid appointments. Table 2 provides the same information in respect of appointments made jointly with other Ministers. The respective totals, excluding those appointees paid on a fee basis, are £1,458,172 and £603,689.

Table 1
Paid appointments for which the Secretary of State for Scotland irresponsible as at 1 July 1991
Annual salary as at 1 July 1991
£
Argyll and Clyde Health Board
Chairman 17,375
Ayrshire and Arran Health Board
Chairman 14,565
Borders Health Board
Chairman 11,740
Caledonian Macbrayne
Chairman 16,050
7 Members 4,815
Central Scotland Woodlands Ltd.
Chairman Fee paid
Commission for Local Authority accounts in Scotland
Chairman 9,130
Deputy Chairman 5,790
8 Members 2,800
Counsel to Secretary of State on private legislation procedure
1 Member 15,374
1 Member 10,005
Countryside Commission for Scotland
Chairman 15,401
Deputy Chairman 6,438
Crofters Commission
Chairman 40,027
6 Members 10,203
Cumbernauld Development Corporation
Chairman 19,765
Deputy Chairman 8,980
8 Members 4,050
Dumfries and Galloway Health Board
Chairman 11,740
East Kilbride Development Corporation
Chairman 19,765
Deputy Chairman 8,980
7 Members 4,050
Fife Health Board
Chairman 14,565
Forth Valley Health Board
Chairman 14,565
Glenrothes Development Corporation
Chairman 19,765
Deputy Chairman 8,980
7 Members 4,050
Grampian Health Board
Chairman 19,810
Greater Glasgow Health Board
Chairman 24,680
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Chairman 61,390
9 Members 6,450

Annual salary as at 1 July 1991
£
Highland Health Board
Chairman 14,565
Horse Race Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal for Scotland
2 Members 171 per day
Irvine Development Corporation
Chairman 19,765
Deputy Chairman 8,980
7 Members 4,050
Lanarkshire Health Board
Chairman 17,375
Livingston Development Corporation
Chairman 19,765
Deputy Chairman 8,980
7 Members 4,050
Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
Chairman 5,092
Vice Chairman 12,075
3 Members 1,708
Lothian Health Board
Chairman 22,245
Orkney Health Board
Chairman 7,070
Preliminary Review Committee for Life Sentence Prisoners
3 Members varied daily fees paid
Red Deer Commission
Chairman 16,482
Rent Assessment Panel for Scotland
President 12,981
Vice President 8,184
Scottish Agricultural Wages Board
Chairman 158 per day
3 Members 101 per day
Scottish Dental Practice Board
Chairman 39,402
Scottish Enterprise
Chairman 43,000
Deputy Chairman 9,000
9 Members 6,000
Scottish Homes
Chairman 31,350
Deputy Chairman 15,150
7 Members 5,790
Scottish Legal Aid Board
Chairman 17,332
11 Members 8,528
2 Members 5,685
Scottish Seed Potato Development Council
Chairman 7,650
Scottish Tourist Board
Chairman 31,670
6 Members 5,790
Scottish Transport Group
Chairman 69,132
1 Member 7,280
2 Members 5,546

Annual salary as at 1 July 1991
£
Shetland Health Board
Chairman 7,070
State Hospital Management Committee
Chairman 12,980
Tayside Health Board
Chairman 19,810
Western Isles Health Board
Chairman 7,070

Table 2
Paid appointments made jointly by Secretary of Slate for Scotland and other Ministers as at 1 July 1991
Annual salary as at 1 July 1991
£
Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards
Chairman 23,500
Deputy Chairman 9,249
Agricultural Training Board
Chairman 7,155
Deputy Chairman 6,560
British Wool Marketing Board
3 Members 5,925
Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
Chairman 23,100
Director General of Electricity Supply 81,700
Food from Britain
Chairman 30,000
Deputy Chairman 4,400
12 Members 1,804
Home Grown Cereals Authority
Chairman 16,765
Deputy Chairman 5,790
19 Members 2,890
Horticultural Development Council
Chairman 22,950
Deputy Chairman 4,160
20 Members 25 per day
Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce
Chairman 6,055
Meat and Livestock Commission
Chairman 49,350
Deputy Chairman 24,390
1 Member 11,770
10 Members 5,790
National Radiological Protection Board
Chairman 9,970
12 Members 72 per day
Sea Fish Industry Authority
Chairman 25,745
Deputy Chairman 12,027
10 Members 5,650
United Kingdom Seeds Executive
Chairman 8,800
4 Members 2,880

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