§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many appointments to the public bodies listed in "Public Bodies" for his Department were made from names supplied by the public appointments unit; and if he will list them.
§ Mr. Steven NorrisA total of 12 of the appointments to the public bodies listed in "Public Bodies" for the Department of Transport were made from names supplied by the public appointments unit. These are as follows:
Body and Member
British Railways Board
- Miss K. Kantor
London Transport
- Mr. O. Roith
Landscape Advisory Committee
- Professor M. MacKeith
- Professor M. Benwell
- Mr. H. Geddes
- Mrs. P. Lunn
- Sir H. Aubrey-Fletcher
Street Works Advisory Committee
- Mr. S. W. Mustow (Chairman)
- Mrs. M. J. Bloom
- Mrs. S. May
- Miss P. A. Steel
- Mrs. J. Venables
My right hon. Friend also appoints lay members of the transport tribunal, although responsibility for the tribunal rests with the Lord Chancellor's Department and is listed accordingly in "Public Bodies". Such appointments made from names supplied by the unit are Mr. J. Whitworth and Mr. G. Simms.
The Department may also check with the unit whether it has additional information on names from other sources, such as professional bodies, representative organisations, chairmen, or responses to advertisements.
§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage share of total departmental spending was accounted for by non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Steven NorrisDetails of expenditure on non-departmental public bodies by individual departments from 1981–82 may be found in the annual publication "Public Bodies". Expenditure by the Department of Transport on NDPBs as a percentage of the Department's cash planning total since 1981–82 was as follows:
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Year Percentage 1981–82 0.2 1982–83 0.2 1983–84 0.6 1984–85 0.6 1985–86 0.7
Year Percentage 1998–87 0.7 1987–88 0.7 1988–89 0.6 1989–90 0.3 1990–91 0.2 1991–92 0.2