HC Deb 14 February 2002 vol 380 cc536-8W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the people he has appointed to official bodies and non-departmental public bodies coming under the aegis of his Department in the last three years; and who they were. [33350]

Ms Keeble

Information about the numbers and remuneration of ministerial appointments to public bodies, including the names of chairpersons, is included in the annual Cabinet Office publication, "Public Bodies". Copies are available in the Libraries of the House and also published on the Cabinet Office's website at www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/quango. The next edition of "Public Bodies", which will include information on appointments as at 31 March 2001, will be published shortly.

A list showing people appointed by Ministers in the last three years has been placed in the Libraries of the House.

Name (i) Term of office (ii) Salary (£)
(a) Non-departmental public body
Audit Commission Dame Helena Shove1ton1 17 December 1998 to 30 November 2001 34,880
Castle Vale Housing Action Trust Richard Temple Cox (reappointed) 30 June 1999 to 29 June 2002 32,680
Urban Regeneration Agency Lord Walker (reappointed) 10 December 1997 to 30 September 1998 0
Commission for the New Towns Dr. John Bradfield (reappointed) 1 April 1998 to 30 September 1998 37,223
English Partnerships Sir Alan Cockshaw2 1 October 1998 to 30 September 2001 50,000
Housing Corporation Baroness Brenda Dean 6 November 1997 to 31 March 2001 43,131
(reappointed) 1 April 2001 to 30 September 2003
Health and Safety Commission Bill Callaghan 1 October 1999 to 30 September 2004 93,021
Liverpool Housing Action Trust Paula Ridley (reappointed) 8 February 1999 to 31 March 2004 32,680
Stonebridge Housing Action Trust Tony Wade (reappointed) 27 July 1997 to 31 October 1997 28,765
Ivan Weekes 1 November 1997 to 31 October 2000 (resigned 31 March 2000) 30,828
Caroline Pickering 7 July 2000 to 16 July 2003 32,680
Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust Sheila Drew Smith 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2004 32,680
Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust John Chumrow (reappointed) 10 December 1997 to 31 December 2001 32,680
Standards Board for England (body created in 2001) Tony Holland 7 February 2001 to 6 February 2004 50,000
Strategic Rail Authority Sir Alastair Morton3 15 January 2001 to 31 March 2002 (resigned 30 November 2001) 137,917
Richard Bowker 1 December 2001 to 30 November 2006 250,000
Civil Aviation Authority Sir Malcolm Field (reappointed) 1 June 1999 to 31 May 2002 (resigned 16 September 2001) 79,149
Sir Roy McNulty 17 September 2001 to 31 August 2004 90,640
Advisory Panel on Standards in the Planning Inspectorate Michael FitzGerald (reappointed) 2 August 1998 to 1 December 2000 0
Corinne Swain 1 February 2001 to 31 January 2004 0
Building Regulations Advisory Committee Jack Anderson (reappointed) 1 January 1998 to 31 December 1999 0
Pat O'Sullivan 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2001 0
Michael Finn 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 0
Commission for Integrated Transport (body created in 1999) David Begg 30 March 1999 to 29 March 2002 26,497
Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee Jane Wilmot 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2001 0
(reappointed) 1 January 2002 to 30 June 2003 0
Local Government Commission Malcolm Grant (reappointed) 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2002 21,400
Property Advisory Group Robin Broadhurst 1 July 1998 to 30 June 2003 0
Rent Assessment Panel Eastern Bruce Edgington 1 October 1998 to 30 September 2002 31,406
Rent Assessment Panel London Susan Lloyd (reappointed) 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2002 (resigned 19 July 2000) 56,670
Siobahn McGrath (reappointed) 1 December 2000 to 31 January 2003 57,201
Rent Assessment Panel Midland John Bettinson (reappointed) 1 January 2000 to 14 October 2002 31,406
Rent Assessment Panel Northern Martin Davey (reappointed) 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2004 47,110
Rent Assessment Panel Southern Robert Long (reappointed) 1 October 1997 to 30 September 2002 47,110
Traffic Area Eastern Geoffrey Simms 1 June 1998 to 2 August 20064 68,000
Traffic Area North Eastern Tom Macartney 28 February 2000 to 30 June 20124 68,000
Traffic Area North Western Beverley Bell 10 April 2000 to 7 December 20244 68,000
Traffic Area South Eastern and Metropolitan Chris Heaps 4 January 2000 to 15 November 20074 69,100
Traffic Area West Midland and Welsh David Dixon 1 May 1998 to 3 April 20074 68,000
Traffic Area Western Philip Brown 9 May 2000 to 16 April 20184 68,000
(b) Commission
Channel Tunnel Intergovernmental John Henes 4 January 2000 to 31 December 2002 Daily fee based on standard senior civil service rates
Commission
Commission for Local Administration Anthony Redmond 12 November 2001 to 5 132,603
(c) Public inquiries
Thames Safety Inquiry Right Hon. Lord Justice Clarke Appointed 09/09, report published January 2000 No salary from the inquiry
Marchioness/Bowbelle Formal Investigation and Public Inquiry into the Identification of Victims following Major Transport Accidents Right Hon. Lord Justice Clarke Appointed February 2000, final reports published March 2001 No salary from the Formal Investigation