HC Deb 30 January 1996 vol 270 cc656-7W
Mr. Ian McCartney

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many people served on the boards of(a) British Gas, (b) British Telecom, (c) the 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) South Wales electricity board, (l) South Western electricity board, (m) Southern electricity board and (n) Yorkshire electricity board in the final year before each was privatised. [12215]

Mr. Page

The information requested, in relation to the organisations for which my Department has sponsorship responsibility, is as follows:

Organisation Number of people employed Number of people on board Total remuneration paid to those on board £ million Year ended
British Gas 89,747 12 0.5 31 March 1986
British Telecom 244,592 13 0.5 31 March 1984
Central Electricity 47,631 10 0.4 31 March 1989
Generating Board 1
East Midlands Electricity 7,478 11 0.2 31 March 1990
Eastern Electricity 9,970 12 0.2 31 March 1990
London Electricity 6,920 10 0.2 31 March 1990
MANWEB 5,551 12 0.2 31 March 1990
Midlands Electricity 7,738 11 0.2 31 March 1990
Northern Electricity 5,439 8 0.2 31 March 1990
NORWEB 8,249 10 0.3 31 March 1990
SEEBOARD 6,345 12 0.2 31 March 1990
Southern Electricity Board 8,233 11 0.2 31 March 1990
South Wales Electricity Board 3,770 12 0.2 31 March 1990

Organisation Number of people employed Number of people on board Total remuneration paid to those on board £ million Year ended
South western Electricity Board 5,641 12 0.2 31 March 1990
Yorkshire Electricity 7,153 10 0.2 31 March 1990

Note:

1The year in which the last Annual Report and accounts for the Central Electricity Generating Board as a whole was produced.

Sources:

Annual Reports and Accounts except Electricity Area Boards, where the Main Prospectus for the Regional Electricity Companies Share Offers was used.

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