asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will collect and publish in the Official Report details of all the paid appointments made by Ministers to positions not filled by the Civil Service Commission together with the total annual cost of such appointments.

If the Member has special advisers in mind, I provided a list on 22nd November last year in my answer to the hon. Member for Chislehurst (Mr. Sims). I should be glad to update it and include it in the Official Report. If the Member has in mind other paid appointments, I would refer him to the many answers given by Ministers to recent Questions on this subject from the Member for Coventry, Northwest (Mr. Edelman).