HC Deb 03 April 2000 vol 347 c319W
Mr. Quinn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) if he will list the notional time commitment for each chair of the regional non-departmental public bodies; [116361]

Non-departmental body: regional Chairman's time input2 Total Board membership1 (a) Male (b) Female
Regional Development Agencies
Eastern 2 dpw 13 10 3
North East 3 dpw 13 10 3
North West 3 dpw 13 9 4
South East 2 dpw 13 9 4
South West 2 dpw 13 10 3
East Midlands 3 dpw 14 10 4
West Midlands 3 dpw 13 10 3
Yorkshire and Humberside 3 dpw 13 10 3
Total (RDAs) 105 78 27
1 Includes Chairmen and Deputy Chairmen
2 Days per week

Mr. Quinn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many board members he appoints to each non-departmental public body. [116335]

Ms Beverley Hughes

A full list of the non-departmental public bodies to which the Secretary of State makes appointments is published in the publication Public Bodies 1999 (ISBN 0 11 430159 X), copies of which are available in the House Library.