§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list the previous chairmen of the British Council and their salaries since 1969; [87264]
(2) what salary has been agreed for the current chairman of the British Council. [87265]
§ Mr. HoonThe position of the chair of the British Council has never been salaried, though an honorarium has been paid in the past. The honorariums paid to the last Chairman, Sir Martin Jacomb, have been declared in the British Council's annual report and accounts since 1995–96 and amounted to
1997–98: £10,8501996–97: £10,5601995–96: £10,250I understand that an honorarium for the current chair is under discussion, but not yet agreed.