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Public Bodies
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the membership is of the (a) Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards, (b) Zoos Forum, (c) Advisory Committee on Pesticides and (d) Farm Animal Welfare Council; what the (i) cost of salaries and expenses to members and (ii) running costs of each body were in the last year for which figures are available; and how many staff are employed to service each body. [203100]
Alun Michael: The membership of each of these bodies and the figures that are available are listed, subject to the qualifications.
(ii) The total cost of salaries and expenses paid to members and the running costs for each committee are included with Defra's accounts but are not separately identifiable. I have included the remuneration levels, as at 31 March 2004 and the total sponsorship cost to the department (which would include remuneration and expenses of members, administrative costs, research funding and any other cost to the department directly related to the sponsorship of the body) for the last financial year.
(iii) Departmental staff service these bodies alongside a range of other duties but it is not possible to identify their numbers separately.
Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards
The Chair receives £193.64 per day, members receive £149.35 per day
Defra expenditure on remuneration—£17,000
Chair and board members are unpaid
Defra expenditure on sponsorship—£15,240.68
Advisory Committee on Pesticides
Chair receives £199 per meeting, the members receive £156 per meeting
Defra expenditure on sponsorship—£104,000
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Chair receives £199 per day, members receive £125 per day
Defra expenditure on sponsorship—£412,654
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the membership is of the (a) Government-Industry Forum on non-Food Uses of Crop, (b) Hill Farming Advisory Committee for England, Wales and Northern I reland, (c) Independent Advisory Group on Cattle TB, (d) Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council, (e) Pesticides Residue Committee, (f) Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee, (g) Sustainable Development Education Panel, (h) Veterinary Products Committee, (i) Veterinary Residues Committee and (j) Water Regulations Advisory Committee; what the (i) cost of salaries and expenses to members and (ii) running cost of each body was in the last year for which figures are available; and how many staff are employed to service each body. [203809]
Alun Michael: The membership of each of these bodies and the figures that are available are listed, subject to the qualifications.
(i) Membership is accurate as at 31 March 2004
(ii) The total cost of salaries and expenses paid to members and the running costs for each committee are included with Defra's accounts but are not separately identifiable. I have included the remuneration levels, as at 31 March 2004 and the total sponsorship cost to the department (which would include remuneration and expenses of members, administrative costs, research funding and any other cost to the department directly related to the sponsorship of the body) for the last financial year.
(iii) Departmental staff service these bodies alongside a range of other duties but it is not possible to identify their numbers separately.
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The Government-Industry Forum on non-Food Uses of Crops the Sustainable Development Education Panel and the Water Regulations Advisory Committee have been wound up and the Hill Farming Advisory Committee and the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee are both currently in abeyance.
Independent Scientific Group on TB in Cattle
Chair receives £185 per day, members receive £153 per day
Defra expenditure on sponsorship—£200,000
Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Committee
The chair receives £197.25 per day, the members are unpaid
Defra expenditure on sponsorship—£50,000
The chair receives £159 per day, the members receive £125 per day
Defra expenditure on sponsorship—£65,000
The chair receives £245 per meeting, members receive £194 per meeting
The running costs are met by the industry and not Defra
The chair receives £193 per meeting, members receive £151 per meeting
Defra expenditure on sponsorship—£51,300
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the membership is of the (a) Air Quality Expert Group, (b) Apple and Pear Research Council, (c) Committee of Investigation for Great Britain, (d) Committee on Agricultural Valuation, (e) Committee on Products and Processes for Use in Public Water Supply, (f) Consumers' Committee for Great Britain under the Agriculture Marketing Act 1958, (g) Darwin Advisory Committee and (h) Expert Group on Cryptosporidium in Water Supply; what the (i) cost of salaries and expenses to members and (ii) running costs of each body was in the last year for which figures are available; and how many staff are employed to service each body. [203810]
Alun Michael: The membership of each of these bodies and the figures that are available are listed, subject to the qualifications as follows.
(i) Membership is accurate as at 31 March 2004
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(ii) The total cost of salaries and expenses paid to members and the running costs for each committee are included with Defra's accounts but are not separately identifiable. I have included the remuneration levels, as at 31 March 2004 and the total sponsorship cost to the Department (which would include remuneration and expenses of members, administrative costs, research funding and any other cost to the Department directly related to the sponsorship of the body) for the last financial year.
(iii) Departmental staff service these bodies alongside a range of other duties but it is not possible to identify their numbers separately.
The Apple and Pear Research Council is no longer in existence and the Committee of Investigation for Great Britain, the Committee on Agricultural Valuation and the Consumers Committee for Great Britain are all currently inactive.
The chair receives £193.64 per day (up to a maximum of 40 days per year) and members receive £149.35 (up to a maximum of 20 days per year)
Defra expenditure on sponsorship—£74,000
Committee on products and processes for use in public water supply
The chair receives £230 per day, members receive £196.
Defra expenditure on sponsorship—£107,500
The chair and members are unpaid
Defra expenditure on sponsorship—£3,712
Expert group on cryptosporidium in water supply
The chair and members are unpaid
The group has recently gone through a period on inactivity and therefore there are no figures on expenditure on sponsorship.
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