HC Deb 01 February 1996 vol 270 cc865-6W
Mr. Ian McCartney

To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) how many people were employed by(a) British Gas, (b) British Telecom, (c) Central Electricity Generating Board, (d) East Midlands electricity board, (e) Eastern electricity board, (f) London electricity board, (g) Manweb, (h) Midlands electricity board, (i) Northern electricity board, (j) Norweb, (k) Seeboard, (l) South Wales electricity board, (m) South Western electricity board, (n) Southern electricity board, (o) Yorkshire electricity board, (p) Anglian water authority, (q) Welsh water authority, (r) Northumbrian water authority, (s) North West water authority, (t) Severn Trent water authority, (u) Southern water authority, (v) South West water authority, (w) Thames water authority, (x) Wessex water authority, and (y) Yorkshire water authority, in the final year before each was privatised; [12189]

(2) what was the total amount of remuneration paid to people serving on the boards of (a) British Gas, (b) British Telecom, (c) Central Electricity Generating Board, (d) East Midlands electricity board, (e) Eastern electricity board, (f) London electricity board, (g) Manweb, (h) Midlands electricity board, (i) Northern electricity board, (j) Norweb, (k) Seeboard, (l) South Wales electricity board, (m) South Western electricity board, (n) Southern electricity board and (o) Yorkshire electricity board in the final years before each was privatised. [12187]

Mr. Page

I refer the hon. Gentleman to my reply of 30 January 1996,Official Report, column 656.

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