Public Appointments, South Yorkshire (Hansard, 2 November 1995)

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the public appointments for which his Department is responsible in the county of South Yorkshire, indicating in each case the duration of the appointment, the date when a new appointment is due, and the salary. [39461]

§ Mr. Howard
My Department is responsible for the following appointments in South Yorkshire:

one member of the selection panel on appointments of independent members to the South Yorkshire police authority;

the board of visitors at the following prison establishments:

Doncaster

Lindholme

Moorland Young Offenders Institution

Hatfield Young Offenders Institution.

The appointment to the selection panel is for two years. A new appointment is due on 8 August 1996. There is no salary but members are entitled to be paid allowances; the rates to be determined at the police authority's discretion. The Home Office recommends the allowances should be consistent with those paid to police authority members, that is £15 per hour up to a maximum of £120 per day and £3,000 per year.
Members are appointed to the boards of visitors for a maximum period of three years to coincide with the triennial review date of that board. Appointments are made for varying periods of up to three years and new appointments are made as and when vacancies arise. Members are unpaid volunteers though they can claim for expenses they have incurred as a result of the performance of their official duties.

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all the non-departmental public bodies to which his Department makes appointments in the county of South Yorkshire, with the total annual budget for each body and the number of appointments made or renewed for each body in each of the last four years. [39571]

§ Mr. Howard
The only such bodies in South Yorkshire to which my Department makes appointments are the boards of visitors at the following prison and young offender establishments:

HMP Doncaster;

HMP Lindholme;

HMP and Young Offenders Institution Moorland;

HMYOI Hatfield

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The national boards of visitors budgets for the financial years 1991–92 to 1994–95 were as follows:

£ thousands

Year Budget¹

1991–92 378,000

1992–93 507,000

1993–94 734,000

1994–95 764,000

¹ These figures include the liaison section, which manages the administration of boards of visitors, and all local board expenses.

The total number of national appointments to the boards of visitors were as follows:

Year Appointments

1991 346

1992 350

1993 344

1994 243

Total 1,283

The following table illustrates the appointments/reappointments during the last four years—1 January 1991 to 31 December 1994—in the South Yorkshire area.

1991 1992 1993 1994 Total appointments

Doncaster — — — 11 11

Lindholme 2 2 2 16 22

Moorland 4 — 15 — 19

Hatfield — — 15 — 15

Total 6 2 32 27 67

£ thousands
Year	Budget¹
1991–92	378,000
1992–93	507,000
1993–94	734,000
1994–95	764,000
¹ These figures include the liaison section, which manages the administration of boards of visitors, and all local board expenses.

	1991	1992	1993	1994	Total appointments
Doncaster	—	—	—	11	11
Lindholme	2	2	2	16	22
Moorland	4	—	15	—	19
Hatfield	—	—	15	—	15
Total	6	2	32	27	67