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Appointments

Volume 201: debated on Wednesday 15 January 1992

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To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list (a) the paid appointments within his patronage, (b) the annual remuneration paid to each one and (c) the total remuneration costs.

Table 1 shows the annual remuneration at 1 July 1991 to my appointees in paid appointments. Table 2 provides the same information in respect of appointments made jointly with other Ministers. The respective totals, excluding those appointees paid on a fee basis, are £1,458,172 and £603,689.

Table 1
Paid appointments for which the Secretary of State for Scotland irresponsible as at 1 July 1991
Annual salary as at 1 July 1991
£
Argyll and Clyde Health Board
Chairman17,375
Ayrshire and Arran Health Board
Chairman14,565
Borders Health Board
Chairman11,740
Caledonian Macbrayne
Chairman16,050
7 Members4,815
Central Scotland Woodlands Ltd.
ChairmanFee paid
Commission for Local Authority accounts in Scotland
Chairman9,130
Deputy Chairman5,790
8 Members2,800
Counsel to Secretary of State on private legislation procedure
1 Member15,374
1 Member10,005
Countryside Commission for Scotland
Chairman15,401
Deputy Chairman6,438
Crofters Commission
Chairman40,027
6 Members10,203
Cumbernauld Development Corporation
Chairman19,765
Deputy Chairman8,980
8 Members4,050
Dumfries and Galloway Health Board
Chairman11,740
East Kilbride Development Corporation
Chairman19,765
Deputy Chairman8,980
7 Members4,050
Fife Health Board
Chairman14,565
Forth Valley Health Board
Chairman14,565
Glenrothes Development Corporation
Chairman19,765
Deputy Chairman8,980
7 Members4,050
Grampian Health Board
Chairman19,810
Greater Glasgow Health Board
Chairman24,680
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Chairman61,390
9 Members6,450

Annual salary as at 1 July 1991

£

Highland Health Board

Chairman14,565

Horse Race Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal for Scotland

2 Members171 per day

Irvine Development Corporation

Chairman19,765
Deputy Chairman8,980
7 Members4,050

Lanarkshire Health Board

Chairman17,375

Livingston Development Corporation

Chairman19,765
Deputy Chairman8,980
7 Members4,050

Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland

Chairman5,092
Vice Chairman12,075
3 Members1,708

Lothian Health Board

Chairman22,245

Orkney Health Board

Chairman7,070

Preliminary Review Committee for Life Sentence Prisoners

3 Membersvaried daily fees paid

Red Deer Commission

Chairman16,482

Rent Assessment Panel for Scotland

President12,981
Vice President8,184

Scottish Agricultural Wages Board

Chairman158 per day
3 Members101 per day

Scottish Dental Practice Board

Chairman39,402

Scottish Enterprise

Chairman43,000
Deputy Chairman9,000
9 Members6,000

Scottish Homes

Chairman31,350
Deputy Chairman15,150
7 Members5,790

Scottish Legal Aid Board

Chairman17,332
11 Members8,528
2 Members5,685

Scottish Seed Potato Development Council

Chairman7,650

Scottish Tourist Board

Chairman31,670
6 Members5,790

Scottish Transport Group

Chairman69,132
1 Member7,280
2 Members5,546

Annual salary as at 1 July 1991

£

Shetland Health Board

Chairman7,070

State Hospital Management Committee

Chairman12,980

Tayside Health Board

Chairman19,810

Western Isles Health Board

Chairman7,070

Table 2

Paid appointments made jointly by Secretary of Slate for Scotland and other Ministers as at 1 July 1991

Annual salary as at 1 July 1991

£

Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards

Chairman23,500
Deputy Chairman9,249

Agricultural Training Board

Chairman7,155
Deputy Chairman6,560

British Wool Marketing Board

3 Members5,925

Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

Chairman23,100

Director General of Electricity Supply

81,700

Food from Britain

Chairman30,000
Deputy Chairman4,400
12 Members1,804

Home Grown Cereals Authority

Chairman16,765
Deputy Chairman5,790
19 Members2,890

Horticultural Development Council

Chairman22,950
Deputy Chairman4,160
20 Members25 per day

Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce

Chairman6,055

Meat and Livestock Commission

Chairman49,350
Deputy Chairman24,390
1 Member11,770
10 Members5,790

National Radiological Protection Board

Chairman9,970
12 Members72 per day

Sea Fish Industry Authority

Chairman25,745
Deputy Chairman12,027
10 Members5,650

United Kingdom Seeds Executive

Chairman8,800
4 Members2,880