Appointments (Hansard, 29 March 1994)

§ Mr. Matthew Taylor
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list each appointment for which a Minister has to approve the appointment or shortlist for the appointment, showing for each appointment(a) which Minister exercises the responsibility, (b) the salary, if any, attached to the post, (c) the term of the appointment and (d) the person currently appointed to the post.

§ Mr. David Davis
In the departments and agencies for which my right hon. Friend is responsible, and other areas which fall to the Cabinet Office vote, the appointments are set out in the table.
The table does not refer to appointments to the research councils, which will be restructured on 1 April 1994.1 shall write to the hon. Member with the details.
My right hon. Friend is also responsible for the appointment of justices of the peace in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside and appoints several individuals to posts which have historical connections with the Duchy of Lancaster. These receive no remuneration.
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Appointment Minister Salary Term of appointment Post holder

Special Adviser to the Prime Minister (Head of No. 10 Policy Unit) Prime Minister ¹— Usual terms Mrs. Sarah Hogg

Special Adviser to the Chief Whip Chief Whip ¹— Usual terms Miss Shana Hole

Special Adviser to the Chief Whip Chief Whip ¹— Usual terms Miss Sophie McEwen

Special (Expert) Adviser to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ¹— Two years or usual terms Dr. John Nicholson

Special Adviser to the Prime Minister (No. 10 Policy Unit) Prime Minister ¹— Until 31 July 1994 or usual terms Lord Poole

Special Adviser to the Prime Minister (No. 10 Policy Unit) Prime Minister ¹— Usual terms Mrs. Katharine Ramsay

Special Adviser to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ¹— One year or usual terms Mr. David Rutley

Special Adviser to the Prime Minister (Deputy Head of No. 10 Policy Unit) Prime Minister ¹— Usual terms Mr. Nick True

Special Adviser to the Prime Minister Prime Minister ¹— Usual terms Miss Arabella Warburton

Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Prime Minister Unpaid Three years to 31 December 1994 The Rt. Hon. the Lord Carlisle of Bucklow, QC

Member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Prime Minister Unpaid Three years to 31 October 1996 The Lord Bridges, GCMG

Member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Prime Minister Unpaid Three years to 13 March 1997 Sir John Blelloch, KCB

Member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Prime Minister Unpaid Three years to 8 March 1997 The Rt. Hon. Peter Shore, MP

Member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Prime Minister Unpaid Three years to 31 October 1995 The Rt. Hon. the Lord Thomson of Monifieth, KT

Member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Prime Minister Unpaid Three years to 31 July 1994 Sir Trevor Holdsworth

Member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Prime Minister Unpaid Three years to 31 July 1994 Sir Charles Huxtable, KCB, CBE

Member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Prime Minister Unpaid Three years to 31 October 1994 Sir Robin Ibbs, KBE

Chairman of Security Commission Prime Minister ²— Three years to 31 May 1995 Lord Lloyd of Berwick

Alternative Chairman of the Security Commission Prime Minister ²— Three years to 31 January 1996 Lord Justice Butler-Sloss, DBE

Member of the Security Commission Prime Minister £198 per day Three years to 31 August 1994 Sir John Blelloch, KCB

Member of the Security Commission Prime Minister £198 per day Three years to 31 August 1994 Lt-General Sir Derek Boorman, KCB

Member of the Security Commission Prime Minister £198 per day Three years to 31 August 1994 Sir Christopher Curwen, KCMG

Member of the Security Commission Prime Minister £198 per day Three years to 31 January 1996 Lord Tombs of Brailes

Member of the Security Commission Prime Minister £198 per day Three years to 31 October 1995 Lord Wright of Richmond

Chairman of Political Honours Scrutiny Committee Prime Minister³ Unpaid The current Administration Lord Pym, MC

Member of Political Honours Scrutiny Committee Prime Minister³ Unpaid The current Administration Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos, CH

Member of Political Honours Scrutiny Committee Prime Minister³ Unpaid The current Administration Lord Thomson of Monifieth KT

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Appointment Minister Salary Term of appointment Post holder

Administrative Trustee to the Chequers Trust Prime Minister Unpaid First appointed in summer of 1970 Sir Ralph Vemey, KBE

Chairman of the Prime Minister's Panel of Advisers on the Citizen's Charter Prime Minister £13,125 pa Two years Sir James Blyth, KT

Member of the Prime Minister's Panel of Advisers on the Citizen's Charter Prime Minister £10,500 pa One year Sir Christopher Bland

Member of the Prime Minister's Panel of Advisers on the Citizen's Charter Prime Minister £10,500 pa Two years Angela Heylin

Member of the Prime Minister's Panel of Advisers on the Citizen's Charter Prime Minister £10,500 pa Two years Baroness Perry

Member of the Prime Minister's Panel of Advisers on the Citizen's Charter Prime Minister £10,500 pa One year Dr. Madsen Pirie

Member of the Prime Minister's Panel of Advisers on the Citizen's Charter Prime Minister £10,500 pa Two years Nick Rawlings

Member of the Prime Minister's Panel of Advisers on the Citizen's Charter Prime Minister £10,500 pa One year Christopher Swan

Member of the Prime Minister's Panel of Advisers on the Citizen's Charter Prime Minister £10,500 pa One year Lady Judith Wilcox

Chairman of the Citizen's Charter Complaints Task Force Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster £5,000 pa Two years (w.e.f. June 1993) Lady Wilcox

Member of the Citizen's Charter Complaints Task Force Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Unpaid Two years (w.e.f. June 1993) Professor Judith Allsop

Member of the Citizen's Charter Complaints Task Force Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Unpaid Two years (w.e.f. June 1993) Mrs. Rosemary Edwards

Member of the Citizen's Charter Complaints Task Force Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Unpaid Two years (w.e.f. June 1993) Mrs. Ros Gardner

Member of the Citizen's Charter Complaints Task Force Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Unpaid Two years (w.e.f. June 1993) Mrs. Elizabeth Hodder

Member of the Citizen's Charter Complaints Task Force Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Unpaid Two years (w.e.f. June 1993) Mr. Colin Skeen

Member of the Citizen's Charter Complaints Task Force Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Unpaid Two years (w.e.f. June 1993) Mr. David Way

Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Advertising Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Unpaid Three years Mr. Brian Nicholson

Member of the Advisory Committee on Advertising Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Unpaid Three years Mrs. Anne Ferguson, OBE

Member of the Advisory Committee on Advertising Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Unpaid Three years Mr. John Mellon

Member of the Advisory Committee on Advertising Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Unpaid Three years Mr. Charles Auld

Member of the Advisory Committee on Advertising Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Unpaid Three years Mr. Richard Spelman

Member of the Advisory Committee on Advertising Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Unpaid Three years Mr. Nick Phillips

Member of the Advisory Committee on Advertising Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Unpaid Three years Mr. Eric Nicoli

Member of the Advisory Committee on Advertising Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Unpaid Three years Mr. Howard Mann

Member of the Advisory Committee on Advertising Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Unpaid Three years Mrs. Caroline Marland

Chairman of the LINK Steering Group CDL and PBT^{4 5} Unpaid Two years Dr. John Pamaby

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Appointment Minister Salary Term of appointment Post holder

Member of the LINK Steering Group CDL and PBT^{4 5} Unpaid Unspecified Dr. Ashok Ganguly

Member of the LINK Steering Group CDL and PBT^{4 5} Unpaid Unspecified Dr. Robert Whelan

Member of the LINK Steering Group CDL and PBT^{4 5} Unpaid Unspecified Dr. Brian Richards

Member of the LINK Steering Group CDL and PBT^{4 5} Unpaid Unspecified Professor Stanley Mason

HMSO—Non-executive Director Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster £8,000 Unlimited Simon Master

Notes to the table:
Usual terms for Special Advisers
There are standard terms governing Special Adviser appointments concerning the length of their appointment. Unless a termination date is stated the appointment will terminate either:

(i) at the end of the present Administration;

(ii) in the event of the appointing minister leaving Government or moving to another appointment; or

(iii) in the event of a General Election
whichever is soonest. If a length of appointment is stated then the appointment will terminate when this period is up in the event that one of the above does not pre-empt this.
¹ Special Advisers are normally paid according to a salary spine which ranges from £19,121 to £59,957.
² Members of the Security Commission do not receive a salary, but are fee-paid. As members of the judiciary, the Chairman and Alternative Chairman do not receive a fee as they are already paid from public funds. All members (including Chairman and Alternative Chairman) are entitled to claim expenses.
³All appointments to the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee are made by the Prime Minister by Order of Council.
⁴CDL—PBT—Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, President of the Board of Trade.
⁵ Appointments to the LINK Steering Group are made jointly by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the President of the Board of Trade.

§ Mr. Matthew Taylor
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) if he will list the organisations and individuals outside his Departments who are sent information on, or consulted about, individuals who are, or may be, proposed to the Minister for appointment to posts for which a Minister has to approve the person appointed or the shortlist for the appointment;
(2) if he will list the organisations and individuals who have been asked, since June 1992, to submit names of individuals to be considered for appointments to paid and unpaid posts for which a Minister has to approve the person or shortlist for the appointment.

§ Mr. David Davis
My right hon. Friend follows the procedures for the selection of candidates set out in the "Guide on Public Appointments Procedures" copies of which are available in the Library. The public appointments unit and the chairmen of the respective bodies are consulted in all cases. Other organisations that have been consulted about appointments are as follows:

The Accounts Commission (Scotland)

The Advisory Board for the Research Councils

The Agricultural and Food Research Council

The Association of County Councils

The Association of District Councils

The Association of Metropolitan Authorities

The Audit Commission

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

The Citizen's Charter Advisory Panel

The Commissioner for Local Administration in England

The Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland

The Commissioner for Local Administration in Wales

Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

Council on Tribunals

Department of Trade and Industry

The Economic and Social Research Council

Federation of Independent Advice Centres

The Health Service Commissioner for England

The Health Service Commissioner for Scotland

The Health Service Commissioner for Wales

The Local Government Management Board

Mediation UK

The Medical Research Council

The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux

The National Audit Office
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The National Consumer Council

The Natural Environment Research Council

The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints

The Northern Ireland Parliamentary Commissioner

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The Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration

The Police Complaints Authority

The Post Office

The Post Office User's National Committee

Reading Centre for Ombudsman Studies

The Royal Society

The Royal Academy of Engineering

The Science and Engineering Research Council

The Social Fund Commissioner

Society of Local Authority Chief Executives

Appointment	Minister	Salary	Term of appointment	Post holder
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister (Head of No. 10 Policy Unit)	Prime Minister	¹—	Usual terms	Mrs. Sarah Hogg
Special Adviser to the Chief Whip	Chief Whip	¹—	Usual terms	Miss Shana Hole
Special Adviser to the Chief Whip	Chief Whip	¹—	Usual terms	Miss Sophie McEwen
Special (Expert) Adviser to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	¹—	Two years or usual terms	Dr. John Nicholson
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister (No. 10 Policy Unit)	Prime Minister	¹—	Until 31 July 1994 or usual terms	Lord Poole
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister (No. 10 Policy Unit)	Prime Minister	¹—	Usual terms	Mrs. Katharine Ramsay
Special Adviser to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	¹—	One year or usual terms	Mr. David Rutley
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister (Deputy Head of No. 10 Policy Unit)	Prime Minister	¹—	Usual terms	Mr. Nick True
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister	Prime Minister	¹—	Usual terms	Miss Arabella Warburton
Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments	Prime Minister	Unpaid	Three years to 31 December 1994	The Rt. Hon. the Lord Carlisle of Bucklow, QC
Member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments	Prime Minister	Unpaid	Three years to 31 October 1996	The Lord Bridges, GCMG
Member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments	Prime Minister	Unpaid	Three years to 13 March 1997	Sir John Blelloch, KCB
Member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments	Prime Minister	Unpaid	Three years to 8 March 1997	The Rt. Hon. Peter Shore, MP
Member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments	Prime Minister	Unpaid	Three years to 31 October 1995	The Rt. Hon. the Lord Thomson of Monifieth, KT
Member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments	Prime Minister	Unpaid	Three years to 31 July 1994	Sir Trevor Holdsworth
Member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments	Prime Minister	Unpaid	Three years to 31 July 1994	Sir Charles Huxtable, KCB, CBE
Member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments	Prime Minister	Unpaid	Three years to 31 October 1994	Sir Robin Ibbs, KBE
Chairman of Security Commission	Prime Minister	²—	Three years to 31 May 1995	Lord Lloyd of Berwick
Alternative Chairman of the Security Commission	Prime Minister	²—	Three years to 31 January 1996	Lord Justice Butler-Sloss, DBE
Member of the Security Commission	Prime Minister	£198 per day	Three years to 31 August 1994	Sir John Blelloch, KCB
Member of the Security Commission	Prime Minister	£198 per day	Three years to 31 August 1994	Lt-General Sir Derek Boorman, KCB
Member of the Security Commission	Prime Minister	£198 per day	Three years to 31 August 1994	Sir Christopher Curwen, KCMG
Member of the Security Commission	Prime Minister	£198 per day	Three years to 31 January 1996	Lord Tombs of Brailes
Member of the Security Commission	Prime Minister	£198 per day	Three years to 31 October 1995	Lord Wright of Richmond
Chairman of Political Honours Scrutiny Committee	Prime Minister³	Unpaid	The current Administration	Lord Pym, MC
Member of Political Honours Scrutiny Committee	Prime Minister³	Unpaid	The current Administration	Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos, CH
Member of Political Honours Scrutiny Committee	Prime Minister³	Unpaid	The current Administration	Lord Thomson of Monifieth KT