asked the Lord President of the Council if he will list the reports published by each of the Select

Date of
Committee	Report	Publication	Government Observations
Agriculture	First	23 July 1982	November 1982
	Second	21 October 1982	—
Defence	First	18 March 1982	10 June 1982
	Second	22 July 1982	6 October 1982
Education, Etc.	First	*7 December 1981	1 February 1982
	Second	16 February	11 May 1982
	Third	8 March 1982	29 June 1982
	Fourth	*15 March 1982	23 July 1982
	Fifth	* 26 July	11 August 1982
	Sixth	29 July 1982	—
	Seventh	7 August 1982	8 November 1982
	Eighth	19 October 1982	—
	Ninth	28 October 1982	—
Employment	First	*19 November 1981	31 March 1982
	Second	*18 December 1981	27 October 1982
	Third	*18 February 1982	21 April 1982
	Fourth	*19 June 1982	23 June 1982
	Fifth	*26 June 1982	—
	Sixth	*15 July 1982	10 November 1982
Energy	First	15 February 1982	Not appropriate
	Second	11 March 1982	27 May 1982
	Third	18 May 1982	Submitted but not yet published
	Fourth	27 May 1982	Not appropriate
	Fifth	1 July 1982	—
Environment	First	8 September 1982	—
	Second	9 September 1982	—

The information is as follows:

asked the Lord President of the Council if he will list the number of formal evidence sessions for each of the departmental Select Committees in each Session since their inception.

The information is as follows:

Committee	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82
Agriculture	16	16	14
Defence	23	21	26
Education, Science and Arts	20	36	30
Employment	21	25	23
Energy	25	19	18
Environment	11	2	13
Foreign Affairs	22	14	20
Sub-Committee	15	9	10
Home Affairs	18	12	15
Sub-Committee	23	17	13
Industry and Trade	24	19	18
Scottish Affairs	18	18	15
Social Services	13	35	23
Transport	30	19	18
Treasury and Civil Service	23	12	22
Sub-Committee	10	7	19
Welsh Affairs	21	28	24

asked the Lord President of the Council if he will set out for each Session since their establishment the number of meetings held by each departmental Select Committee and their sub-committees and the number of pages of (a) evidence, and (b) reports each has so far produced.

The information is as follows:

Committee	Number of meetings	Number of pages of Evidence	Reports
Session 1979–80
Agriculture	34	479	34
Defence	43	289	32
Education, Science and Arts	45	898	135
Employment	32	551	25
Energy	35	463	0
Environment	37	78	13
Foreign Affairs	43	526	115
Sub-Committee	23	501	—
Home Affairs	32	458	60
Sub-Committee	34	226	—
Industry and Trade	31	162	11
Scottish Affairs	36	652	73
Social Services	34	1,733	199
Transport	45	229	28
Treasury and Civil Service	45	722	32
Sub-Committee	21	107	—
Welsh Affairs	36	646	53
Session 1980–81
Agriculture	24	507	61
Defence	40	763	48
Education, Science and Arts	44	232	22
Employment	33	833	67
Energy	40	1,175	104
Environment	24	478	91
Foreign Affairs	38	759	230
Sub-Committee	30	629	—
Home Affairs	30	354	155
Sub-Committee	35	1,330	—
Industry and Trade	38	1,304	122
Scottish Affairs	33	344	60
Social Services	35	1,343	141
Transport	34	925	114
Treasury and Civil Service	39	1,041	189
Sub-Committee	14	116	—
Welsh Affairs	35	810	109

Committee	Number of meetings	Number of pages of Evidence	Reports
Session 1981–82
Agriculture	23	436	51
Defence	40	919	68
Education, Science and Arts	51	1,783	357
Employment	30	399	36
Energy	40	1,705	101
Environment	25	547	84
Foreign Affairs	36	186	44
Sub-Committee	34	119	—
Home Affairs	28	326	124
Sub-Committee	22	606	—
Industry and Trade	31	590	49
Scottish Affairs	36	997	145
Social Services	39	788	163
Transport	30	1,090	220
Treasury and Civil Service	34	723	126
Sub-Committee	25	1,199	—
Welsh Affairs	29	676	37

asked the right hon. Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the House of Commons Commission, what was the total cost of financing and administering each Select Committee for 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1981–82.

I will reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.

asked the Lord President of the Council which of the reports of the departmental Select Committees have been debated in the House; which reports have been mentioned on the Order Paper as relevant to a debate; and what percentage of the total number of reports published each of these represents.

The following Reports have been the subject of specific motions debated in the House:

Second Report of the Home Affairs Committee, 1979–80, Race Relations and the 'Sus' law.

Second Report of the Social Services Committee, 1979–80, Perinatal and Neonatal Mortality.

Fourth Report of the Social Services Committee, 1980–81, Medical Education.

This represents two per cent. of reports made.In addition, the First Report of the Committee on Welsh Affairs of Session 1979–80 on the role of the Welsh Office and associated bodies in developing employment opportunities in Wales was debated on a motion for the Adjournment of the House on 22 January 1981 and the First Report of the Committee on Energy of Session 1980–81 on the nuclear power programme was debated on a motion for the Adjournment of the House on 1 February 1982.In addition to the above, the following Reports have been referred to on the Order Paper as relevant to a debate:

asked the right hon. Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will list in the Official Report, the total cost of specialist advisers for each of the departmental Select Committees for each Session since their formation, the total number of days for which these advisers were paid, the per diem allowances for these advisers, and the number who are employed on a full-time basis.

The information is being assembled and I shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.

asked the Lord President of the Council what is the percentage attendance rate of hon. Members for each of the departmental Select Committees; and what is the percentage turnover of hon. Members on each of these Committees for each Session since their inception.

The information is as follows

Session 1979–80	Attendance per cent.	Turnover per cent.
Agriculture	84	0
Defence	72	0
Education, Science and Arts	71	0
Employment	74	0
Energy	71	9
Environment	69	18
Foreign Affairs	81	0
Sub-Committee	45	25
Home Affairs	92	0
Sub-Committee	89	20
Industry and Trade	84	0
Scottish Affairs	86	0
Social Services	73	11
Transport	73	0
Treasury and Civil Service	92	0
Sub-Committee	75	14
Welsh Affairs	81	12

Session 1980–81	Attendance per cent.	Turnover per cent.
Agriculture	77	33
Defence	72	9
Education, Science and Arts	68	0
Employment	69	22
Energy	66	9
Environment	67	18
Foreign Affairs	69	18
Sub-Committee	75	17
Home Affairs	84	18
Sub-Committee	89	0
Industry and Trade	81	9
Scottish Affairs	78	31
Social Services	66	22
Transport	69	9
Treasury and Civil Service	88	18
Sub-Committee	73	14
Welsh Affairs	75	0

Session 1981–82	Attendance per cent.	Turnover per cent.
Agriculture	80	11
Defence	75	27
Education, Science and Arts	72	11
Employment	70	22
Energy	54	9
Environment	71	64
Foreign Affairs	84	18
Sub-Committee	84	33
Home Affairs	75	0
Sub-Committee	87	0
Industry and Trade	71	9
Scottish Affairs	74	38
Social Services	70	11
Transport	74	9
Treasury and Civil Service	85	57
Sub-Committee	61	14
Welsh Affairs	76	18

asked the right hon. Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will list in the Official Report the names of the specialist advisers to each of the departmental Select Committees; and what fees are paid to them.

The names of the specialist advisers who are assisting or have assisted departmental select committees are as follows:

Agriculture—Professor D. Britton, Mr. E. Neville-Rolfe, Professor C. Spedding, Professor John Ashton, Professor A. J. F. Webster.

Defence—Brigadier K. Hunt, Rear-Admiral E. F. Gueritz, Air Vice-Marshal R. Harding, Professor L. Freedman, Mr. Henry James, Mr. C. Pincher, Mr. S. Jenkins and Mrs. V. Adams.

Education, Science and Arts—Mr. M. Lightfoot, Mr. J. Myerscough, Professor W. Brammer, Dr. J. Crichton Campbell, Mr. A. Travers, Mr. A. C. Morris, Mr. M. Shattock, Mr. S. Heaven, Dr. J. F. Harbinson, Dr. S. Worrell, and Mr. P. Shea, Mr. J. Dawson, Professor Vickery, Mr. C. Rainbow, Dr. P. Andrews, Mr. P. Mann, Mr. A. Garrett, Mr. D. Dougan.

Employment—Dr. K. Ewing, Professor B. Harvey, Mr. I. Hudson, Mr. H. Scholes, Mr. G. Warnock, Dr. P. M. McCormick, Mr. R. Lewis.

Energy—Mr. J. Chesshire, Mr. J. Surrey, Professor W. Murgatroyd, Professor P. O'Sullivan, Mr. W. Orchard, Mr. A. Kemp, Mr. G. Manners, Mr. H. Gott, Professor D. Burn, Dr. N. Dombey.

Environment—Mr. J. Stevenson, Mr. A. Murie, Mr. D. Webster, Mr. V. Watts, Mr. A. Bovaird, Mr. M. Harloe, Dr. C. Whitehead, Dr. K. Young.

Foreign AffairsMr. D. Watt, Mrs. J. Statler, Mr. G. White, Dr. A. J. Payne, Dr. C. Clarke, Dr. D. Browning, Dr. W. Little, Sir Melvyn Rosser, Professor J. M. Hirst, Mr. N. Clark, Mrs. C. Geldart, Dr. K. Dawisha, Mrs. N. Crawshaw, Brigadier F. Henn, Dr. J. Finnis, Dr. G. Hills, Professor C. Elliott, Dr. P. Howell, Mr. A. Bottrall, Mr. J. Cathie, Mr. J. Mitchell, Dr. P. Mosley, Mr. J. Stephen, Dr. C. K. Colclough, Mr. G. Bridger.

Home Affairs—None.

Industry and Trade—Mr. J. J. Boyd Barrett, Mr. T. A. J. Cockerill, Mr. G. Firth, Mr. J. M. Jamieson, Mr. D. G. Rhys, Mr. A. G. Thorne.

Scottish Affairs—Mr. M. Maclennan, Mr. D. Heald, Ms. D. Dawson, Mr. J. M. Ross, Mr. J. B. More, Professor L. C. Hunter, Mr. A. McGregor, Professor D. I. Mackay, Mr. A. Mackay, Professor T. Carbery.

Social Services—Professor E. O. R. Reynolds, Professor R. Beard, Professor E. Alberman, Professor R. Klein, Mr. M. O'Higgins, Mr. K. Shuttleworth, Professor T. Clark, Professor J. Parkhouse, Mr. N. Hendry, Dr. S. Engleman, Mr. M. Fogarty, Mr. H. Billing.

Transport—Mr. W. R. Shirrefs, Dr. S. Glaister, Mr. A. Bull, Professor A. D. May.

Treasury and Civil Service—Dr. P. G. Neild, Mr. T. S. Ward, Mr. P. A. Ormerod, Mr. D. Savage, Dr. P. W. Robinson, Mr. J. A. Likierman, Professor B. Tew, Professor J. Williamson, Dr. D. K. H. Begg, Professor W. H. Buiter, Mr. J. A. Kay, Professor A. B. Atkinson, Mrs. H. Parker, Dr. A. Budd, Professor H. Rose, Professor D. Hendry, Professor M. Miller, Mr. P. J. Butler, Mr. M. Stonefrost, Mr. B. Henry, Mr. C. Johnson, Professor M. Beesley, Mr. D. Heald, Mr. M. Marks, Mr. J. Redwood, Mr. W. Plowden, Mr. R. Matthews, Mr. N. Hepworth.

Welsh Affairs—Mr. J. G. Lloyd, Professor R. Macve, Mr. D. R. Thomas, Mr. W. D. Jones, Professor D. Morris, Mr. B. Moore, Mr. J. Rhodes, Mr. J. J. Boyd-Barnett, Mr. F. H. Wise.

Specialist advisers are remunerated on a per diem basis which varies between £22 and £70. Individual rates are not disclosed.

asked the right hon. Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the House of Commons Commission, how many visits have been made by each of the Departmental Select Committees (a) abroad and (b) within the United Kingdom in each Session since their appointment; and what was the cost of such visits to each Committee.

The information is being assembled and I shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.

asked the Lord President of the Council if he will list the number of memorandums presented to each of the departmental Select Committees for each Session since their appointment by central Government Departments.

The information is as follows:

Committee	Number of memorandums
	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82
Agriculture	10	9	18
Defence	32	31	17
Education, Science and Arts	21	24	35
Employment	4	5	4
Energy	18	11	17
Environment	3	6	9
Foreign Affairs	51	53	49
Sub-Committee	25	37	28
Home Affairs	8	11	9
Sub-Committee	2	24	23
Industry and Trade	65	34	54
Scottish Affairs	12	12	24
Social Services	17	10	20
Transport	9	12	18
Treasury and Civil Service (including Sub-Committee)*	33	43	71
Welsh Affairs	5	5	11