To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list (a) the members appointed to the Board of the Countryside Agency, (b) the date of their appointment, (c) their salaries and (d) their other occupations. [81149]

The members of the Board of the Countryside Agency are as follows:Ewen Cameron FRICS DL (Chairman)Cllr. Pam Warhurst (Deputy Chair)Kate Ashbrook Janet BradburyRight Rev. Alan ChestersMartin DoughtyDr. Victoria EdwardsProf. Philip Lowe Catherine MackMiles Middleton CBE FCAFrances RoweDavid Woodhall CBE.All appointments run from 1 April 1999. The Chairman's salary is £41,620 a year; Ewen Cameron does not intend to draw the full amount. The Deputy Chair's salary is £12,950 a year. All other members will receive an annual salary of £5,975.I will write to the hon. Member about Board members' other occupations after confirming the details with those involved.