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Mr. Canavan
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he will list all the public appointments for which he is responsible, the names of the present holders of these appointments and their salaries and allowances.
Mr. Mason
The public appointments which I make are listed below together with the total salaries, fees and expenses paid for the financial year 1976–77. To
| Bodies | Number of Appointments | Cost (1976–7) | |
| Police Authority for Northern Ireland | 19 | £9,102 | |
| Rathgael and Whiteabbey Training School Management Board. | 12 | — | |
| Board of Visitors, HM Prison, Belfast | 21 | £6,138 including expenses of I Visiting Committees. | |
| Board of Visitors, HM Prison, Armagh | 13 | ||
| Board of Visitors, HM Prison, Maze | 24 | ||
| Board of Visitors, HM Prison, Magilligan | 21 | ||
| Criminal Legal Aid Taxation Panel | 8 (of 16) | £735 | |
| Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights | 9 | £19,000 | |
| Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland | 2 | £68 | |
| Planning Appeals Commission | 11 | £71,000 | |
| Water Appeals Commissioners | 2 | — | |
| Economic Council | 30 | £300 | |
| Tribunal constituted under Part 2, Schedule II to the Health and Personal Social Services (NT) Order 1972 to inquire into the disqualification of persons providing general practitioner services. | 1(of 3) | — | |
| Committees | Number of Appointments | Cost (1976–77) |
| Magistrates Courts Rules Committee | 10 | £31 |
| County Courts Rules Committee | 10 | £47 |
| Legal Aid Committee | 1 (of 12) | — |
| Legal Aid Advisory Committee | 8 | £104 |
| Visiting Committees— | ||
| Millisle (Woburn) Borstal | 15 | Included under Boards of Visitors. |
| Maze Borstal | (8) | |
| Magilligan Borstal | (10) | |
| (The eight members of the Maze Visiting Committee and the ten members of the Magilligan Committee have dual membership with the Board of Visitors at those prisons). | ||
| Chief Electoral Officer | 1 | £9,006 |
| Deputy Resident Magistrates | 4 | £24,275 |
| Coroners | 13 | £19,440 |
| Deputy Coroners (including 1 ad hoc appointment) | 14 | £1,941 |
| White Fish Authority | 1 | — |
| National Seed Development Organisation | 1 | — |
| General Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation. | 2 | — |
| Home grown Cereals Authority | 1 | — |
| UK Eggs Authority | 1 | — |
| British Wool Marketing Board | 1 | — |
| Council for Professions supplementary to medicine | 1 | — |
| Council for Education and Training of Health Visitors. | 1 | — |
| A number of the appointments listed are made jointly with the Secretaries of State or Ministers in charge of other Government Departments. In such cases, the costs are not separately identifiable. | ||