asked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the salary and time requirements for all chairmen of public bodies appointed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department.[HL6529]
The remuneration and hours of chairs of public appointments as at 28 June 2006 are provided in the attached table.
Board Chair Remuneration Hours per year Independent Monitoring Boards of Penal Establishments and Immigration Centres 140 chairs Names not disclosed for security purposes Nil Demand lead Technical Advisory Body Peter Walker £400 per day 4 days per year Advisory Panel on Country Information Dr Khalid Koser Nil 10 days per year Community Development Foundation (CDF) Tom Levitt MP Nil None specified Futurebuilders Advisory Panel Baroness Jill Pitkeathley £400 per day 40 days per year IND Complaints Audit Committee Dr Ann Barker £361 per day 68 days per year Commission for Racial Equality Trevor Phillips £ 128,625 per year Full-time 5 days a week Chief Surveillance Commissioner Sir Andrew Leggatt (until 30/6/2006) Sir Christopher Rose (w.e.f. 01/07/2006) £ 113,030 per year 108 days per year Serious Organised Crime Sir Stephen Lander £76,875 per year 3 days per week Correctional Services Accreditation Panel Professor Friedrich Losel £500 per day 20 days per annum OISC Suzanne McCarthy £ 105,600 per year Full-time five days per week CENTREX Sir Clive Booth £31,365 per year 60 days per annum Animal Procedures Committee Ms Sara Nathan £231 per day 270 hours per annum Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration Mary Coussey £500 per day 672 hours per year Police Negotiating Board and Police Advisory Board John Randall £389 per day He works only when required. Asylum Support Adjudicators Sehba Haroon Storey £12,7000 per annum Full-time PITO Chris Earnshaw £64,313 per annum + £10,612 per annum employers cash contribution in lieu of pension contributions 2 days per week Parole Board Sir Duncan Nichol £77,000 per annum Approximately 1,000 hours per year Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Professor Sir Michael Rawlins Nil Varies
asked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the salary and time requirements for all chairmen of public bodies appointed by the Minister for the Cabinet Office.[HL6532]
Details of the remuneration rates for the chairs of Cabinet Office-sponsored public bodies are published in the Annual Appointments Plan, which is available on the Cabinet Office website at www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/about-the-cabinet-office/public_bodies.asp. A copy has been placed in the Library.
All of the chairs are part-time and the time commitment for each chair varies from body to body. Some are very active. The Civil Service Appeal Board, for example, holds several hearings each week. At the other extreme, the Security Commission meets only when required.
asked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the salary and time requirements for all chairmen of public bodies appointed by the Secretary of State for Defence.[HL6559]
The Ministry of Defence has 32 public bodies; six executive non-departmental public bodies; 24 advisory non-departmental public bodies; one independent monitoring board non-departmental public body; and one public corporation. Details of the remuneration of the chairs of these public bodies are published in the annual Cabinet Office publication Public Bodies, prepared by the Agencies and Public Bodies Team in the Cabinet Office. The most recently published edition of Public Bodies provides information as at 31 March 2005. All of these chair appointments are part-time.
asked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the salary and time requirements for all chairmen of public bodies appointed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.[HL6560]
I have listed the remuneration details for each of the chairs below. Information on the time commitment for each could only be collated at a disproportionate cost and it would be difficult to provide an accurate figure anyway. While each post is advertised with an estimated time commitment, the work is demand-led and requires varying degrees of work outside of actual board or committee meetings. The chairs will usually undertake this work, often without seeking any additional payment. All of these posts are part-time. The information is correct as at 31 March 2006.
Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances £205 per day Advisory Committee on Organic Standards £209 per day Advisory Committee on Packaging Unpaid Advisory Committee on Pesticides £204 per meeting Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment £203 per day Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees £121 per day Agricultural Land Tribunals £331 per day Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales £254 per day Agricultural Wages Committees £121 per day Air Quality Expert Group £199 per day Animal Health and Welfare England Implementation Group £500 per day British Potato Council £60,277 per annum British Waterways Board £46,600 per annum Committee on Radioactive Waste Management £450 per day Commons Commissioners £459 per day Consumer Council for Water £45,000 per annum Countryside Agency £66,254 per annum Covent Garden Market Authority £45,802 per annum Darwin Advisory Committee Unpaid English Nature £53,044 per annum Environment Agency £91,456 per annum Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards £194 per day Farm Animal Welfare Council £204 per meeting Food From Britain £50,730 per annum Gangmasters Licensing Authority £300 per day Home Grown Cereals Authority £25,833 per annum Horticultural Development Council £34,496 per annum Independent Scientific Group on TB in Cattle £190 per day Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council £208 per day Joint Nature Conservation Committee £36,347 per annum Meat and Livestock Commission £72,734 per annum Milk Development Council £34,849 per annum National Forest Company £15,694 per annum Nirex CLG Ltd £450 per day Pesticides Residue Committee £159 per meeting Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Unpaid Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution £230 per day Science Advisory Council £300 per meeting Sea Fish Industry Authority £27,475 per annum Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee £163 per day Sustainable Development Commission* £15,000 per annum Veterinary Products Committee £167 per meeting Veterinary Residues Committee £204 per meeting Wine Standards Board £4,464 per annum Zoos Forum Unpaid * The Sustainable Development Commission is a Defra-sponsored body, although the appointment of the chair is made by the Prime Minister.