§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list those tribunals whose members(a) receive and (b) do not receive payments and allowances; and if he will set out the payments and allowances for each tribunal. [28691]
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansThe tribunals for which the Lord Chancellor is responsible whose members(a) receive payments and allowances are:
- (i) the Immigration Appeal Tribunal
- (ii) the Lands Tribunal
- (iii) the Pensions Appeal Tribunal
- (iv) the Transport Tribunal
- (v) the VAT and Duties Tribunal.
The salary of the president of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal is £79,978; the salary of full-time members is £75,978; the daily sitting fee of part-time legal members is £282; the daily sitting fee of part-time lay members is £130.
The salary of the president of the Lands Tribunal is £79,978; the salary of full-time members is £75,978; the daily sitting fee of part-time members is £345.
The salary of the part-time president of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal is £26,407.20; the daily sitting fee of part-time legal chairmen is £282; the daily sitting fee of part-time medical members is £300; the daily sitting fee of part-time lay members is £130.
The daily sitting fee of part-time legal members of the Transport Tribunal is £254 and of part-time lay members is £203.
The salary of the president of the VAT and Duties Tribunal and presiding special commissioner of income tax—a combined post—is £88,266; the salary of the vice president is £66,018; the salary of chairmen is £62,018; the daily sitting fee of part-time chairmen is £282; the daily sitting fee of part-time lay members is £162.
All full-time members of the judiciary who receive a salary of £62,018 or £66,018 and who are in receipt of the £2,000 London allowance also receive a salary lead of £2,000 per annum over their colleagues outside London.
- Allowances for each tribunal are:
- Subsistence (day):
- daily, over five hours: £4.25
- daily, over 10 hours: £9.30
- daily, over 12 hours: £13.55
- Subsistence (overnight):
- up to £65.16 (London)
512 - up to £62.40 (elsewhere)
- personal incidental expenditure £5 per night
Travelling expenses are payable. These are the actual cost of rail, bus, taxi or air travel. Car mileage is paid thus:
pence Pence per mile Engine to 1500cc 1501 to 2000cc over 2000cc First 5,000 miles in a year 37.5 42 46 Over 5,000 miles in a year 18 22 30 Public transport rate 23.08 23.08 23.08 (b) There are no tribunals for which the Lord Chancellor is responsible whose members do not receive payments.