Public Appointments (Hansard, 29 June 1993)

§ Mr. Eggar

[holding answer 25 June 1993]: There would be disproportionate cost involved in providing the names, occupations and current employers of all the Department's public appointees. The key considerations taken into 441W account in making public appointments, in addition to any statutory criteria which may relate to a particular post, are the needs of the post and the skills of the particular individual. The following table indicates the current

Posts
Body	Chairman	Deputy, etc.	Members	Notes
Nationalised industries
British Shipbuilders	1, £17,368	—	2, £5,000 and under	No change
British Coal Corporation¹	1, £234,360	2, £110,000^*	4, £95,000^*	^*Plus performance related bonus (currently under review) of up to 25 per cent, of salary
			£93,744^*
			£88,536^*
			£85,000^*
			5, under £8,000
British Nuclear Fuels plc¹	1, £85,300^{* *}	1, £100,000–£105,000^{* *}	1, £145,000^{* *}	One member is a Chief Executive.
			1, £135,000^{* *}
			1, £115,000^{* *}	^{* *} The Chairman and full-time Board Members receive performance related bonus of up to 30 per cent, of salary
			1, £100,000–£105,000^{* *}
			1, £80,000–£85,000^{* *}
			5, £10,000
Nuclear Electric plc¹	1. £150,925+	1, £160,000+	6, £10,015	No change.
		1. £145,777+		+A performance related bonus of up to 30 per cent. of salary is available
		1, £95,000+
		1, £85,000+
		1, £81,505+
Post Office	1, £91,500‡	1, £58,662‡	1, £175,001–£180,000‡	‡Plus performance related bonus of up to 40 per cent, of salary
			1, £100,001–£105,000‡
			2, £95,001–£100,000‡
			1, £15,001–£20,000
			1, £10,001–£15,000
			2, £5,001–£10,000
¹Transferred from Department of Energy to Department of Trade and Industry in April 1992.

Posts
Body	Chairman	Deputy, etc.	Members	Notes
Consumer consultative bodies
Advisory Committees on Telecommunications for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland	3, £60 per day	—	34
Area Transport Users" Consultative Committees	8, £6,310	8	118
Central Transport Consultative Committee	1, £7,910	1	12
Domestic Coal Consumers' Council	1, £60 per day	1	10
Gas Consumers' Council	1, £14,150	1, £6,730	11, £5,300
			5
London Regional Passengers' Committee	1, £11,010	2	20
National Consumer Council	[1, £43.90 per day]	1, £12,720	16, £4,730
	1, £19,905		25, £72 per day
	2, £4,730
Post Office Users' National Council	1, £10,610	—	16
Post Office Users' Councils for Scotland. Wales and Northern Ireland	3, £60 per day	—	29	No change

Square brackets denote an appointment by others.

Posts
Body	Chairman	Deputy, etc.	Members	Notes
Executive, etc. bodies
British Hallmarking Council	[1, £5,750]	—	10. [6]	No change
National Enterprise Board¹	1	—	6	No change
National Research Development Corporation	—	6	No change

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position in relation to those bodies where posts or salaries have changed since I September 1992. In addition, various allowances are paid to cover travel and subsistence and other costs in some cases.

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Posts
Body	Chairman	Deputy, etc.	Members	Notes
Design Council	—	1	21
English Industrial Estates Corporation (EIEC)	1. £25,315	1, £9,648	4, £5,220
			1²
Hearing Aid Council	1	—	12	No change
Monopolies and Mergers Commission	1, £90,150+	3, £31,625	28, £12,735³	+Full-time appointment
			5, £12,735⁴
Policyholders' Protection Board	1. £350 per day	—	4, £230 per day⁴	No change
The Simpler Trade Procedures Board	1	[1]	1, £51,540‡[9]	No change.
				‡Full-time appointment
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority⁵	1, £55,640	1, £104,000+^*	3, £83,200	+ Full-time appointment
			5, £7,570	^*Chief Executive
¹The figures reflect the privatisation (January 1992) and the subsequent sale (March 1992) of BTG and the continued existence of the NEB and NRDC Board to facilitate orderly winding up.
²ElEC's Chief Executive.
³Including eight reserve members paid only when serving on references.
⁴Including one reserve member paid only when serving as a reference.
⁵Transferred from Department of Energy to Department of Trade and Industry in April 1992. Square brackets denote an appointment by others.

Square brackets denote an appointment by others

Posts
Body	Chairman	Deputy, etc.	Members	Notes
Advisory bodies
Advanced Manufacturing Technology Committee	1	—	11	No change
Advisory Committee on Arbitration Law	1	1	16	No change
Advisory Committee on Telecommunications for England	1, £60 per day	—	9	No change
Advisory Council of Research and Development¹	1	—	10
Advisory Panel on Deregulation	1	—	7
Aviation Committee	1	—	14	No change
British Overseas Trade Board	1. £19,985	1	18
Coal Task Force¹	1	—	14
Engineering Technology Advisory Committee	1	—	14
Industrial Development Advisory Board	1	—	10	No change
Information Technology Advisory Board	1	—	15	No change
Innovation Advisory Board	1	—	10
LINK Steering Group	1	—	7
Monitoring Committee on Misleading Price Indications	1	—	[30]	No change
Offshore Industry Advisory Board¹	1	—	23
Overseas Projects Board	1	—	14
Regional Industrial Developments Boards	5	—	47	No change
Renewable Energy Advisory Committee¹	1	—	15	No change
Standards, Quality and Measurement Advisory Committee	1	—	12	No change

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Posts
Body	Chairman	Deputy, etc.	Members	Notes
Standing Advisory Committee on Industrial Property	1	—	[17]	No change
¹Transferred from Department of Energy to Department of Trade and industry in April 1992.

Square brackets denote an appointment by others.

posts
Body	Chairman	Deputy, etc.	Members	Notes
Tribunals, etc.
Copyright Tribunal	1, £300 per day^*	2	7, £177 per day^*	^*Appointed from a panel of 3 chairpersons and 7 members
Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal	1, £10 per day^{* *}	—	2, £16 per day^{* *}	^{* *} Appointed from a panel consisting of 5 chairpersons and 16 members
Persons Hearing Consumer Credit Licensing Appeals	1, £221 per day+	—	2, £113perday+	+Appointed from a panel of 21 chairpersons and 12 members
Persons Hearing Estate Agents Appeals	1, £221 per day ‡	—	2. £113perday‡	‡Appointed from a panel of 14 chairpersons and 18 members