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Legal Costs

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what legal costs have been incurred by her Department in each of the last four years. [34349]

Ms Hewitt: Information on legal costs is not held centrally, except for costs awarded against the Department, details of which were as follows:

£000

Year
1998–99	1,915
1999–2000	288
2000–01	532
2001–02	450(108)

⁽¹⁰⁸⁾ Estimated

Departmental Website

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total cost of her Department's website was in real terms in each of the last four years; and how many hits it received in each of those years. [36149]

Ms Hewitt: The support costs underpinning the operation of the Department's websites are included in the service charges paid under the DTI's overall IT service contract. The website costs are not identified separately in these charges and therefore the figures requested are not available.

The core DTI site www.dti.gov.uk has been updated twice in the last four years, involving design costs of £13,075 in FY 1999–2000, and £16,560 in FY 2000–01 (figures include VAT, and at FY 2001–02 prices). A more substantial redevelopment of the site went live on 9 April 2002, at a cost of £60,294 including VAT.

The Department has been collecting access statistics on a comparable basis since July 1998. The number of hits to the site www.dti.gov.uk since then has been:

July 1998—December 1998: 16,265,698

January 1999—December 1999: 59,498,841

January 2000—December 2000: 81,730,285

January 2001—December 2001: 95,226,594.

Secondments

Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many members of staff were employed by her Department on secondment from non-Governmental organisations in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001. [45231]

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Ms Hewitt: The numbers of inward secondments commenced, continued or completed in each of the years requested are:

Period	Number
1 April 1999—31 March 2000	163
1 April 2000—31 March 2001	176
1 April 2001—28 February 2002	158

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff in her Department have been seconded to jobs in the (a) private and (b) public sector in each of the last four years. [31769]

Ms Hewitt: I refer the hon. Member to the information given by my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister on 7 February 2002, Official Report, column 1130W, which gave these details for all Departments.

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if she will list the names of staff who have been seconded to her Department from the private sector since May 1997, indicating (a) the names of the organisation from which each has come, (b) their responsibilities and civil service grade within her Department and (c) the organisation responsible for paying their salary; [32550]

(2) if she will list the secondees to her Department from the private sector and their roles. [32553]

Ms Hewitt [holding answer 1 February 2002]: The information requested was last provided on 28 June 2001, Official Report, column 143W in answer to a question from the hon. Member for Northampton, South. I have placed in the Libraries of both Houses the original table as at 28 June 2001 and an update to that information showing all secondees into my Department since then. The table shows the name of each secondee, the company from which they have come, the grade of the post which they are filling in the Department, the Directorate in which they are working, the period of their secondment and a brief description of their duties. In all cases secondees are paid by their employing company.

It is not possible for me to give this information on all secondees from May 1997 onwards as the non-disclosure provisions of the Data Protection Act prevent me from doing so without the express consent of the individuals concerned.

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Public Bodies (Chairmen)

Mr. Forth: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the appointments made by her Department since 1 May 1997 of chairmen of (a) non-departmental public bodies, (b) commissions,

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(c) inquiries, (d) agencies and (e) task forces; and if she will list their (i) term of office, (ii) salary and (iii) known political affiliation (A) past and (B) present. [33893]

Ms Hewitt: The information requested for NDPBs and NDPB commissions within the responsibility of my Department is as follows:

Body	Name	Period	Salary (£)
British Shipbuilders	Christopher Campbell	4 June 1998–3 March 2002	34,736pa
Coal Authority	John Harris	19 September 1999–18 September 2004	25,000pa
British Coal Corp	Philip Hutchinson	June-December 1997	95,085 (total)
	Mike Atkinson	January 1998–18 June 2000	Nil (ex officio)
	Peter Mason	18 June 2000-on-going	Nil (ex officio)
British Nuclear Fuels	Hugh Collum	1 October 1999–30 September 2004	150,000pa
National Consumer Council	David Hatch	1 January 1999–31 December 2000	23,033pa
	Deirdre Hutton	1 January 2001–31 December 2003	30,900pa
Scottish Consumer Council	Graeme Millar	8 May 2000–30 April 2003	15,450pa
Welsh Consumer Council	Barbara Hicks	1 October 1997–30 September 2003	6,695pa
Hearing Aid Council	John Raine	1 September 1997–31 December 2003	(109)172.13
Energywatch	Ann Robinson	1 January 2000–31 December 2003	45,000
Design Council	Sir Chris Frayling	1 April 2000–31 March 2003	Nil
Competition Commission	Dr. Derek Morris	1 February 1998–31 January 2006 (inc. reappt)	150,000pa
Simpler Trade Procedures BoardLord	Amir Bhatia	15 July 2001–14 July 2004	Nil
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority	Sir Kenneth Eaton	1 April 1999–31 March 2002 (inc. reappt)	30,000pa
Aerospace Committee	Colin Green	31 March 1999–31 March 2002	Nil
Industrial Development Advisory Board	Sir Anthony Cleaver	1 November 1998–31 October 1999	Nil
	Sir Victor Blank	1 November 1999–31 July 2004 (inc. 2 reappts)	Nil
North West Industrial Development Board	Anil Ruia	1 January 1999–31 December 2001	Nil
	Mrs. Lorraine Clinton	1 January 2002–30 April 2004	Nil
East of England Industrial Development Board	Mrs. Elaine Oddie	1 August 1997–30 June 2003 (inc. reappt)	Nil
West Midlands Industrial Development Board	Merrick Taylor	1 January 1998–31 December 1999	Nil
	John Hudson	1 January 2000–31 December 2001	Nil
	Paul Sabapathy	1 January 2002–31 January 2003	Nil
North East Industrial Development Board	John Ward	1 January 1999–31 December 2000	Nil
	Richard Maudslay	1 January 2001–31 December 2002	Nil
Yorks/Humberside/East Midlands Industrial Development Board	Ron Lasseter	1 January 1998–31 December 1999	Nil
	Mrs. Julie Kenny	1 January 2000–30 December 2002	Nil
London/South East Industrial Development Board	Ian Herman	1 January 1998–31 March 2000	Nil
	Christopher Dane	1 April 2000–31 December 2001	Nil
South West Industrial Development Board	David Hancock	1 January 1998–31 December 1998	Nil
	Ian Lowe	1 January 1999–31 July 2003 (inc. reappt)	Nil
Measurement Advisory Commission	Bill Goldfinch	1 July 1997–31 March 2002 (inc. reappt)	Nil
Intellectual Property Advisory Committee	Ian Harvey	1 September 2001–31 August 2004	1,500pa
Energy Advisory Panel	Sir John Collins	July 2001-July 2004	450 per meeting
British Trade International (BTI)
BTI British Airports Advisory Council	Mike Hodgkinson	1 September 2001–31 August 2004	Nil
BTI Education and Training Export Group	Rob Meakin	1 June 1998–31 January 2004	Nil
BTI Healthcare Sector Group	John Robinson	16 March 2001–15 March 2003	Nil
BTI Offshore Supplies Office Board	Ian Bill	15 April 1998–14 April 2004	Nil
BTI Railway Sector Group	Michael Welton	28 September 2001–27 September 2003	Nil
Trade Partners UK: Americas Advisers	Martin Laing	5 January 2001–4 January 2003	Nil
Trade Partners UK: Asia Pacific Advisers	Anthony Cleaver	18 December 1998–7 March 2003	Nil
Trade Partners UK: Europe Advisers	Peter Cheshire	5 January 2001–4 January 2003	Nil
Trade Partners UK: Middle East/Africa Advisers	George Kennedy	5 January 2001–4 January 2003	Nil
UK Ports Sector Group	David Jeffrey	1 October 1998–31 December 2004	Nil
Water Sector Group	Stuart Doughty	2 October 1997–3 October 2004	Nil
Power Sector Group	Graham Ward	31 July 2001–30 July 2004	Nil
Regional Advisory Group	Stella Pirie	1 May 2001–30 April 2004	Nil
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council	Dr. Peter Doyle	1 May 1998–30 April 2002	13,700pa
Council for Central Laboratory of the Research Councils	Paul Williams	1 May 1997–31 March 1998	(110)72,994 (total)
	Bert Westwood	1 April 1998–31 March 2000	(110)91,526 (total)
	Dr. Brian Eyre	1 April 2000–30 September 2001	13,300pa
	Sir Graeme Davies	1 October 2001–30 September 2005	26,600pa (Yr1)
			13,700pa (Yr2–4)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council	Anthony Ledwith	1 April 1999–31 March 2003	13,700pa
Economic and Social Research Council	Dr. Bruce Smith	1 April 1998–31 March 2001	13,300pa
	Frances Cairncross	1 April 2001–31 March 2004	13,700pa
Medical Research Council	Sir Anthony Cleaver	1 October 1998–30 September 2002	13,700pa
Natural Environment Research Council	Rob Margetts	1 January 2001–30 December 2003	13,700pa
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council	Sir Peter Williams	1 May 1997–31 March 1999	13,300pa
	Dr. Robert Hawley	1 April 1999–30 September 2001	13,300pa
	Peter Warry	1 November 2001–31 October 2005	13,700pa
Central Arbitration Committee	John Rideout	July 1999-March 2000	Daily allowance
	Sir Michael Burton	27 March 2000-on-going	(111)—
Council of Science and Technology	Secretary of State	On-going	Nil (ex officio)
Foresight Steering Group	David King	1 October 2000–31 March 2002	Nil (ex officio)
Low Pay Commission	Sir George Bain	September 1997-April 2002	450 per meeting
Ethnic Minority Business Forum	Yvonne Thompson	July 2000-July 2003	Nil
Partnership Fund Assessment Panel	William Coupar	20 December 1999–19 December 2003	Nil
Small Business Council	William Sargent	March 2000-March 2003	Nil
Advisory Committee for Work-Life Balance	Minister of State for Employment Relations and Regions	On-going	Nil (ex officio)
Advantage West Midlands	Alex Stephenson	14 December 1998–13 December 2002 (inc reappt)	45,276pa
East of England Development Agency	Vincent Watts	14 December 1998–13 December 2003 (inc reappt)	45,276pa
East Midlands Development Agency	Derek Mapp	14 December 1998–13 December 2004 (inc reappt)	45,276pa
North West Development Agency	Lord Thomas of Macclesfield	14 December 1998–31 March 2002	45,276pa
	Bryan Gray	1 April 2002–31 March 2005	45,276pa
One North East	Dr. John Bridge	14 December 1998–13 December 2003 (inc. reappt)	45,276pa
South East England Development Agency	Allan Willett	14 December 1998–13 December 2002 (inc reappt)	(112)22,000pa
South West England Development Agency	Sir Michael Lickiss	14 December 1998–13 December 2002 (inc. reappt)	45,276pa
Yorkshire Forward	Graham Hall	14 December 1998–13 December 2003 (inc reappt)	45,276pa
Import Parity Price Panel	Andrew Horsler	1 December 2000–30 November 2003	5,000pa
Small Business Investment Task Force	Sir David Cooksey	September 2000-September 2003	Nil
Distributed Generation Working Group	Neil Hirst
	John Nielson (Joint)	30 November 2001-on-going	Nil (ex officio)
Basic Technologies Programme	Jeremy Watson	5 December 2001-on-going	Nil
Business Incubation Fund Investment Panel	Dr. John Bridge	2 January 2002–1 January 2004	Nil
Scottish Advisory Committee on Telecommunications	Jeremy Mitchell	1 April 2001–31 March 2004	(113)150 per day
Consumer Communications for England	Moira Black	1 April 2001–31 March 2004	(113)150 per day
Welsh Advisory Committee on Telecommunications	Mike Tedd	1 April 2001–31 March 2004	(113)150 per day
North Ireland Advisory Committee on Telecommunications	Courtenay Thompson	1 April 2001–31 March 2004	(113)150 per day
Spectrum Management Advisory Group	Dr. John Forrest	13 May 1998–14 May 2002 (inc. reappt)	Nil
British Hallmarking Council	Sir Adam Butler	January 1998-on-going	12,000pa
ACAS	John Hougham	1 February 1998–31 December 2000	86,818pa
	Rita Donaghy	9 October 2000–8 October 2005	55,801pa
Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission	Malcolm Grant	15 May 2000–31 January 2003	(114)188 per day
Consignia	Dr. Neville Bain	16 March 1998–31 December 2001	90,816pa
	Allan Leighton	1 January 2002–24 March 2005	20,000pa
Postcomm	Graham Corbett	6 November 2000–31 March 2003	110,000pa
Postwatch	Peter Carr	1 January 2001–30 November 2003	30,870pa
Fuel Cell Advisory Panel	Adrian Hyde	January 1998–30 September 2000	Nil (ex officio)
	Alan Heyes	1 October 2000–31 December 2001	Nil (ex officio)
	Ray Eaton	1 January 2002-on-going	Nil (ex officio)

⁽¹⁰⁹⁾ Daily attendance allowance.

⁽¹¹⁰⁾ Paul Williams and Bert Westwood were paid as both Chairman and Chief Executive.

⁽¹¹¹⁾ 20 per cent. of his High Court judge salary.

⁽¹¹²⁾ Mr. Willett has opted to receive £22,000pa rather than the full amount to which he is entitled.

⁽¹¹³⁾ Up to 60 days per year.

⁽¹¹⁴⁾ 42 days per year.

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Information on political affiliation of public appointees is not collected.

Information on task forces, ad hoc advisory groups and reviews has been published by the Cabinet Office on a regular basis. The first report was published on 11 January 2000 and gives information for the period between 1 May 1997 to 31 October 1999. Subsequent reports covering the periods between November 1999 to March 2001 have been placed in the Libraries of the House.

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