§ Mr. Martin RedmondTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list all the non-departmental public bodies to which his Department makes appointments in the county of South Yorkshire, indicating the total annual budget and the number of appointments made or renewed for each body in each of the last four years. [39424]
§ Mr. Douglas HoggIn the county of South Yorkshire there are three non-departmental public bodies to which the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food makes appointments.
The Yorkshire regional flood defence committee is a statutory executive committee of the National Rivers Authority, which meets its administrative costs. Expenditure is accounted for by the National Rivers Authority. In 1994, four appointments were made or renewed. There have been no other appointments in the last four years.
The appointments of two MAFF appointed members of the South and West Yorkshire agricultural wages committee were renewed in each of the years 1993 and 1994. No other appointments have been made in the last four years. There is no separate regional budget for agricultural wages committee work.
Appointments are made to the regional panel for the Ministry's north-east region which includes the county of South Yorkshire. Regional panel members do not receive a fee for their services but may claim travel and subsistence allowances.
Year New/renewed appointments Total annual budget £ 1992–93 13 2,900 1993–94 3 2,100 1994–95 3 3,300 1995–96 2 14,000 1 Estimate.