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Public Bodies: Chairmen

Volume 684: debated on Wednesday 5 July 2006

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 Culture, Media and Sport.[HL6531]

Remuneration for chairs of all DCMS public bodies, as of 31 March 2005, is detailed in the published document Public Bodies 2005. This is available at www.civilservice.gov.uk/other/agencies/publications/pdf/pubIic-bodies/public bodies2005.pdf.

The following table contains information on the time requirement for chairs of public bodies who are appointed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

Public Body with chair appointed by DCMS Ministers

Time requirement information below is as set out in published role specifications, or as provided by the public body, whichever is more recently available

Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites

c. 5 days per year

Advisory Committee on National Historic Ships

c. 24 days per year

Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection

c. 5 days per year

Advisory Council on Libraries

c. 2 to 3 meetings per year plus other time for preparation

Alcohol Education and Research Council

c. 52 days per year

Architectural Heritage Fund

c. 15 days per year

Arts Council England

c. 3 days per month

British Broadcasting Corporation

c. 4 days per week

British Library

c. 2 days per week

Casino Advisory Panel

c. 4 days per month

Churches Conservation Trust

c. 15 days per year

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

c. 2 days per week

Community Fund

c. 2 days per week

Culture East Midlands

c. 2 days per month

Culture North East

c. 2 days per month

Culture North West

c. 2 days per month

Culture South East

c. 2 days per month

Culture South West

c. 2 days per month

England Marketing Advisory Board

c. 1 day per week

English Heritage

c. 12 days per month

Football Licensing Authority

c. 4 days per month

Gambling Commission

c. 4 days per week

Geffrye Museum

c. 30 days per year

Historic Royal Palaces

c. 3 days per month

Horniman Museum and Gardens

c. 14 days per year

Horserace Betting Levy Board

c. 3 days per week

Horserace Betting Levy Tribunal

No fixed time requirement; as a tribunal it only sits when called

Horserace Totalisator Board (Tote)

Up to 4 days per week

Legal Deposit Advisory Panel

c. 12 days per year

Living East

c. 2 days per month

Museum of Science & Industry Manchester

c. 30 days per year

Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

Up to 2 days per week

National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts

c. 2 days per week

National Heritage Memorial Fund

c. 12 days per month

National Lottery Commission

c. 114 days per year

National Museum of Science & Industry

c. 36 days per year

National Museums Liverpool

c. 30 days per year

New Opportunities Fund

c. 3 days per week

Office of Communications *

up to 4 days per week

Olympic Delivery Authority

c. 15 days per month

Olympic Lottery Distributor

c. 2 days per month

Public Lending Right Advisory Committee

2 to 3 meetings per year plus preparation and other duties

Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and objects of cultural Interest

c. 12 days per year

Royal Armouries

c. 12 days per year

Royal Parks Advisory Board

c. 12 days per year

S4C

c. 3 days per week

South Bank Centre Board Ltd

6 meetings per year plus time for sub-committees and some other duties

Spoliation Advisory Panel

No fixed time requirement—meets as and when required to consider cases

Sport England

c. 2 days per week

Theatres Trust

c. 8 meetings per year plus some other duties

Treasure Valuation Committee

c. 24 days per year

UK Film Council

c. 1 day per week

UK Sport

c. 3 days per week/12 days per month

Victoria and Albert Museum

c. 30 to 40 days per year

VisitBritain

c. 2 to 3 days per week

Wallace Collection

c. 25 days per year

West Midlands Life

c. 2 days per month

Yorkshire Culture

c. 2 days per month

* The New Opportunities Fund (NOF) and the Community Fund (CF) have been operating under the name the Big Lottery Fund since their administrative merger on 1 June 2004. However, they remain distinct legal bodies and will continue to do so until the National Lottery Bill, currently before Parliament, is enacted. Coterminous boards for NOF and CF—a separate board for each body, but the same membership for each board—were appointed on 1 June 2004, under the chairmanship of Sir Clive Booth. They will remain in place until the Big Lottery Fund proper is established later this year. Once appointed, the chair of the Big Lottery Fund will receive remuneration of £36,720 and the time commitment will be circa three days per week.

** The Ofcom chair is appointed jointly by DCMS and DTI

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 Communities and Local Government.[HL6557]

Information on remuneration of chairs of public bodies is published in the annual Cabinet Office publication Public Bodies, prepared by the Agencies and Public Bodies Team in the Cabinet Office. The most recent published edition of Public Bodies provides information as at 31 March 2005.

Depending on the type of public body and the levels of responsibility, time input varies. All DCLG chairs of public bodies are part time, except one body, where an acting chair is full time on a temporary basis until the new chair is appointed. The time commitment ranges from meeting regularly two or three days per week, for most executive bodies, to meeting four times a year, for one advisory body.

Details on appointments made during the financial year, including remuneration and time commitments, are published in the department’s annual report.

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What are the salary and time requirements for the chairmen of public bodies appointed by the Secretary of State for Scotland.[HL6592]