(2) what the average remuneration of (a) employees and (b) commissioners of the Electoral Commission was in 2006-07;
(3) what the highest remuneration of (a) an employee and (b) a commissioner within the Electoral Commission was in 2006-07.
The Electoral Commission informs me that, as at 31 January 2007, the Commission employed 140 people. On the same date, there was one full-time Electoral Commissioner, the chairman, and four part-time Electoral Commissioners.
The remuneration of Electoral Commissioners is determined in accordance with the provisions of Resolutions of the House of 26 March 2001 and 13 July 2004. The current annual salary of the chairman of the Commission is £151,960. The average remuneration of the part-time Commissioners for the ten months of the 2006-07 financial year to date is £23,860.
The Commission informs me that the highest annual salary payable in 2006-07 to Commission staff in post at 31 January 2007 is £110,000 and the average is £33,350.