Members of the board

Darwin Friend October 2020

Introduction Quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations (quangos) are a mixture of executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies and public corporations which hold significant responsibilities over areas of policy that affect taxpayers in their everyday lives. Last year, they cost a total of £206 billion.1 Their authority ranges from bodies which provide expert advice to government, such as the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), to operating major parts of public services with budgets worth billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money, like NHS England. The majority of public appointees, who lead these organisations, face no form of public scrutiny at all before taking up their post. This means the individuals themselves, their views and visions for the quangos they lead often remain unknown to taxpayers, and are often unrepresentative of the general public.2 This research paper details those who sat on quango boards in the latest year for which full data is available and those who sat on multiple boards in the same year. Where available, data on meeting attendance, remuneration, allowances and honorariums has also been included.

Key findings

▪ There were at least 4,345 positions on the boards of quangos in 2018-19. At the same time, the total number of staff in quangos had reached 299,171.3 ▪ There were at least 319 quango board members who sat on more than one board in 2018- 19: one person sat on five boards, 11 on four boards, 47 on three boards, 260 on two boards and 3,635 on one board. ▪ Shrinivas Honap sat on the largest number of quango boards in 2018-19 having membership of five. These included being a member or non-executive director for: the British Transport Police Authority, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Low Level Waste Repository Ltd, UK Atomic Energy Authority and the Office of the Public Guardian. His total remuneration for holding these positions during 2018-19 was £60,000. This included £1,200 in allowances. ▪ Jonathan Baume sat on four boards in 2018-19. These included being a member of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, Criminal Cases Review Commission, Health and Safety Executive and Office for Nuclear Regulation. He missed 30 per cent of meetings held in 2018-19. However, he continued to receive total remuneration of £20,000 for his services in 2018-19. This included £1,000 in benefits. ▪ Susan Johnson OBE sat on four quango boards in 2018-19. These included being a member of the Health and Safety Executive, Planning Inspectorate and Sports Ground Safety Authority, as well as being a Commissioner for the Equality and Human Rights Commission. For these positions during 2018-19 she received total remuneration of £48,992. This included £2,072 in benefits. ▪ Kathryn Cearns, OBE sat on four quango boards in 2018-19. These included being a member of the board for Companies House, Highways England and the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. She was also Chair of the Office for Tax Simplification. For holding these positions she received total remuneration of £45,639.

1 Cabinet Office, Public Bodies 2019, 2020. 2 TaxPayers’ Alliance, Briefing: public appointments, January 2020. 3 Cabinet Office, Public Bodies 2019, 2020.

▪ Remuneration of all quango board members in 2018-19 totalled at least £123,544,475. ▪ The median average remuneration for a non-executive board member in 2018-19 was £17,500. ▪ The total value of benefits for individuals who sat on at least three boards in 2018-19, was £56,317. This included a £400 “reading allowance” for Caroline Corby for her role as a member of the Architects Registration Board. ▪ Andrew Flanagan received £3,500 in benefits in 2018-19. These payments were for the provision of a lease car. ▪ Sharmila Nebhrajani OBE received £3,300 in benefit as chief executive of Wilton Park. This was the estimated benefit for her receiving a rent free cottage in the grounds of Wiston House. ▪ Of the 17,600 board meetings in 2018-19, more than one in ten (1,884) were missed.

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Table 1: top 10 largest benefits of individuals who sat on three or more boards, 2018-19 Name Quango Position Benefit (£) Notes Professor Ian Cumming OBE Health Education England Chief executive 5,300 Benefit is the expense payments for Silla Maizey NHS Business Services Authority Non-executive chair 4,500 the provision of a lease car Benefit is the expense payments for Andrew Flanagan NHS Business Services Authority Non-executive member 3,500 the provision of a lease car Benefit was the estimated cash benefit of providing the individual Sharmila Nebhrajani OBE Wilton Park Chief executive 3,300 with a rent free cottage in the grounds of Wiston House Expenses relate solely to their Glenn Houston Human Tissue Authority Lay member 3,200 attendance at HTA committees, meetings and training events

£175 on air travel, £1,086 on rail/tube Professor Sir Ian Diamond Social Security Advisory Committee Chair 2,695 travel, £159 on taxis, £35 on car and car parking and £1,240 on hotels

Benefit relates to costs incurred to enable individual to attend meetings Caroline Corby Criminal Cases Review Commission Non-executive director 2,600 in the Commission’s office and elsewhere Benefit covers the monetary value of Edward Timpson CBE Cafcass Chair 2,600 any non-cash benefits as well as travel costs Lead non-executive board Benefit includes travel and Lesley Cowley OBE The National Archives 2,300 member subsistence costs Local Government and Social Care Benefit was the total amount of Deep Sagar Independent advisory member 2,078 Ombudsman expenses

Table 2: individuals who sat on five quango boards, 2018-19 Name Quango Position Benefit (£) Total remuneration (£) Meetings attended Notes British Transport Police Member - 17,500 4/4 Authority Driver and Vehicle Standards Non-executive - 17,500 8/8 Agency director Non-executive No appointment date Shrinivas Honap Low Level Waste Repository Ltd director - - - provided (independent) Non-executive Office of the Public Guardian - 7,500 9/10 From June 2018 director Non-executive UK Atomic Energy Authority 1,200 17,500 6/6 director

Table 3: individuals who sat on four quango boards, 2018-19 Name Quango Position Benefit (£) Total remuneration (£) Meetings attended Notes Advisory Committee on Independent Most recent report is from - - - Business Appointments member 2017-18 Criminal Cases Review Non-executive 700 2,500 4/8 Jonathan Baume Commission director Health and Safety Executive Member 300 17,500 8/8 Non-executive Office for Nuclear Regulation - - 4/7 Until 13 March 2019 member Non-executive Animal and Plant Health Agency - 7,500 - director Marine Management Non-executive 1,800 7,500 5/6 Until 31 January 2019 Nigel Reader CBE Organisation member Non-executive Natural England - 2,500 - Until 31 May 2018 member Natural Resources Wales Member - 7,500 4/4 Until 31 October 2018 The Rt. Hon. John Boundary Commission for Ex-officio - - - Bercow England chairman

Boundary Commission for Ex-officio Most recent report is from - - - Northern Ireland chairman 2017-18 Boundary Commission for Ex-officio - - - Scotland chairman Boundary Commission for Ex-officio - - - Wales chairman Cafcass Member 1,100 12,500 3/4 HSC Business Service Non-executive - 7,500 7/9 Until 28 February 2019 Organisation (Northern Ireland) director Deep Sagar Non-executive Legal Aid Agency - 2,600 3/3 From 1 December 2018 member Local Government and Social Independent 2,078 6,953 5/5 Care Ombudsman advisory member Cafcass Member - 12,500 3/4 Criminal Cases Review Non-executive 2,600 7,500 8/8 Commission director Caroline Corby Non-executive Parole Board 400 32,500 8/8 chair From 2018 report. £400 was Architects Registration Board Member 400 5,462 3/6 a reading allowance Care Quality Commission Chief executive - 57,500 4/4 Until 11 July 2018 Health Education England Chair - 22,500 3/3 From 1 December 2018 Associate non- From 1 February 2019. Non- Sir David Behan NHS Improvement - - 0/1 CBE executive director voting member Care Quality Commission National Information Board Member - - - member. No appointment date given Equality and Human Rights Commissioner 1,872 11,872 6/6 Commission Health and Safety Executive Member 200 17,500 8/8 Susan Johnson Non-executive OBE Planning Inspectorate - 17,500 7/7 director Sports Grounds Safety Member - 2,120 5/5 Authority

Agri-Food and Biosciences Chair - 27,500 9/10 Institute (Northern Ireland) Department for the Economy Non-executive - 7,500 9/11 (Northern Ireland) board member Colm McKenna Independent Northern Ireland Policing Board - 5,000 3/5 member Chair of the northern Ireland Food Standards Agency - 22,500 4/4 advisory committee Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Member - 2,500 1/1 From 15 January 2019 Authority Marshall Aid Commemoration Commissioner - - 4/4 Suzanne Commission McCarthy Also chair of the audit, risk Valuation Tribunal Service Deputy chair - 7,000 8/8 and assurance committee Architects Registration Board Member - 5,061 6/6 From 2018 report Non-executive Companies House - 12,500 7/8 member Non-executive Kathryn Cearns Highways England - 25,639 8/11 director OBE Office for Tax Simplification Chair - - - From 18 March 2019 Supreme Court of the United Non-executive - 7,500 6/6 Kingdom member Criminal Procedure Rule Ex-officio member - - - Committee Independent Independent Reviewer of reviewer of - - - Until October 2018 Terrorism Legislation terrorism Max Hill QC legislation Sentencing Council for England Non-judicial - - - From 1 November 2018 and Wales member Director of public Crown Prosecution Service prosecutions - 122,500 2/2 From 1 November 2018 (chair)

Table 4: individuals who sat on three quango boards, 2018-19 Name Quango Position Benefit (£) Total remuneration (£) Meetings attended Notes Advisory Committee on Independent Most recent report is from - - - Business Appointments member 2017-18 Terence Jagger Marine Management Non-executive 1,700 12,500 7/7 CBE Organisation member Single Source Regulations Non-executive - 17,500 6/6 Office member Advisory Committee on Clinical Lay member - - - Excellence Awards Non-executive Mary Elford Health Education England - 7,500 7/7 director Independent Reconfiguration Lay member - - - Panel Advisory Committee on Clinical Lay member - - - Excellence Awards Professor Andy Committee on Radioactive Member - - - Until 5 February 2019 Hall Waste Management Professional Human Tissue Authority 2,000 7,500 4/5 member Advisory Committee on Clinical Ex-officio member - - - Excellence Awards Simon Stevens NHS England Chief executive - 237,500 9/9 NHS England member. No National Information Board Member - - - appointment date given Advisory Committee on Clinical Ex-officio member - - - Excellence Awards Public Health England Duncan Selbie National Information Board Member - - - member. No appointment date given Chief executive and Management committee Public Health England - 187,500 6/11 accounting officer attendance Sir Terence The Advisory Council on Chair - - - Etherton National Records and Archives

Civil Justice Council Ex-officio chairman - - - Civil Procedure Rule Ex-officio member - - - Committee The Advisory Council on Member - - - National Records and Archives Stephen Hawker Non-executive CB FCO Services - 12,500 6/7 director Security Vetting Appeals Panel Member - - - Animal and Plant Health Non-executive - 12,500 - Agency director Registrar of Office of the Registrar of consultant Until 21 September 2018. Daily Alison White - 7,350 - Consultant Lobbyists lobbyists and rate of £420 for 17.5 days accounting officer Queen Elizabeth II Conference Non-executive - 2,500 - Centre member Arts Council of Northern Member - - 8/12 Ireland The Electoral Commission Member 351 6,907 8/9 Anna Carragher Holds the same position for National Heritage Memorial Member - 22,500 8/8 the National Lottery Heritage Fund Fund Arts and Humanities Research Most recent report is from Council member - 7,500 4/4 Council 2017-18 Chair and non- Trevor Spires Rural Payments Agency - 7,500 4/4 Until 31 July 2018 executive director Non-executive Vehicle Certification Agency - - 0/1 From 26 March 2019 director Bank of England Chair of court - - 7/7 Non-executive Financial Conduct Authority - 9,000 3/3 Until 30 June 2018 Bradley Fried director Non-executive Payments System Regulator - 1,875 1/2 Until 30 June 2018 director

Deputy chair of Bank of England - - 7/7 court Baroness Dido NHS Improvement Chair - 62,500 8/8 Harding UK Holocaust Memorial Member - - - Foundation Boundary Commission for Most recent report is from Member - - - Northern Ireland 2017-18 Parades Commission for Sarah Havlin Member - 22,500 - Northern Ireland Youth Justice Agency of Independent board 300 7,500 10/10 Northern Ireland member British Hallmarking Council Member - - 1/1 Gambling Commission Commissioner 800 12,500 8/10 Carol Brady MBE Local Government and Social Independent 519 5,394 5/5 Care Ombudsman advisory member British Hallmarking Council Member - - 1/1 Ombudsman and Local Government and Social chair of the - 157,500 5/5 Michael King Care Ombudsman commission The Parliamentary and Health Non-executive - - 4/6 Service Ombudsman member British Transport Police Member - 7,500 1/1 Until 1 July 2018 Authority Elizabeth France Police Advisory Board for CBE Chair - - - England and Wales Security Industry Authority Chair 900 52,500 9/9 British Transport Police Member - 17,500 4/4 Authority Criminal Injuries Compensation Non-executive Bill Matthews - 2,500 Authority member Independent Office for Police Non-executive - 7,500 9/10 Conduct director British Transport Police Jeremy Mayhew Member - 17,500 3/4 Authority

Legal Services Board Lay member - 12,500 7/9 Regulatory Policy Committee Member - - - Cafcass Chair 2,600 27,500 4/4 From 9 April 2018 Child Safeguarding Practice Edward Timpson Chair - - - From June 2018 Review Panel CBE Office of the Children’s Member - - 2/4 Commissioner Care Quality Commission Chief executive 1,500 202,500 7/7 From 30 July 2018 NHS Blood and Transplant Chief executive - 90,950 2/6 Until 29 July 2018 Ian Trenholm NHS Blood and Transplant National Information Board Member - - - member. No appointment date given Churches Conservation Trust Chairman - - - Environment Agency Member - 5,600 3/3 Until August 2018 Peter Ainsworth The National Lottery Chair - 40,000 4/4 Community Fund Until July 2018. All fees provided are actual figures, but it is not possible to Civil Service Commission Commissioner - - - calculate full year equivalent figures for those who left Andrew Flanagan mid-year Criminal Injuries Compensation Non-executive - 2,500 Authority member NHS Business Services Non-executive 3,500 17,500 8/8 Authority member Commission on Human - Member - - From 2018 report Professor Sir Medicines Munir Medical Research Council Member - - - Pirmohamed Non-executive NHS England - 2,500 1/3 From 1 January 2019 director Thomas Taylor Consumer Council for Water Wales chair 1,500 27,500 6/8 Until 31 December 2018

From September 2018. Five Department of Finance Non-executive - - - meetings attended but (Northern Ireland) member unclear out of how many NHS Counter Fraud Authority Chair 2,000 7,500 5/5 From 1 August 2018 Independent From 1 July 2018. Appointed Consumer Council for Water 500 7,500 7/7 member by DEFRA Robert Wilson Marine Management Non-executive 1,600 12,500 4/6 From 1 May 2018 Organisation member Transport Focus Member - 8,000 2/2 From 14 August 2018 Council for Science and Chair - - - Technology Sir Patrick Chief acientific Government Office for Science - - - Vallance adviser Scientific Advisory Group for Chair - - - Emergencies Council for Science and Member - - - Technology Government Office Professor Sir Mark National Information Board for Science - - - Walport member Chief executive and UK Research and Innovation - 172,500 8/8 accounting officer Non-executive Crown Commercial Service - 12,500 5/6 director NHS Business Services Silla Maizey Non-executive chair 4,500 67,500 8/8 Authority Independent non- Network Rail - 40,000 9/10 executive member Department of Department for Infrastructure finance, Dfl HR Until July 2018. Remunerated Anne Breen - - 3/5 (Northern Ireland) strategic business by the department of finance partner

Departmental Department of Education strategic human - - 4/4 Until August 2018 (Northern Ireland) resources business partner The Executive Office (Northern NICS HR partner - - 3/4 Until August 2018 Ireland) Non-executive Disclosure and Barring Service 1,800 12,500 10/11 director Glenn Houston Human Tissue Authority Lay member 3,200 12,500 4/5 Public Prosecution Service for Independent board - 2,500 3/3 From 1 January 2019 Northern Ireland member Driver and Vehicle Standards Non-executive chair - 27,500 8/8 Agency Bridget Rosewell National Infrastructure Commissioner - 2,00 9/13 CBE Commission Senior independent Network Rail - 69,000 10/10 director The Electoral Commission Member - 13,179 8/9 Until October 2018. £683 of the allowance was for travel Non-executive Professor Dame S4C 1,303 6,433 5/6 expense and £620 for member Elan Closs accommodation and Stephens CBE subsistence Also, member for Wales and Non-executive BBC - 38,000 11/11 chair of the commercial director holdings board Health Education England Chief executive 5,300 217,500 7/7 Health Education England Professor Ian National Information Board Member - - - member. No appointment Cumming OBE date given Sport England Member - 2,500 6/7 Human Fertilisation and Anita Bharucha Member - 12,500 - Embryology Authority

National Crime Agency Chair - - - Remuneration Review Body Police Remuneration Review Chair - - - Body Non-executive Intellectual Property Office - 7,500 3/4 director Non-executive Nora Nanayakkara UK Statistics Authority - 17,500 10/10 member Review Body on Doctors’ and Member - - - From 1 March 2019 Dentists’ Remuneration Until September 2018. Two Deputy director, meetings attended, unclear international Intellectual Property Office - - - out of how many. Civil science and servant hence no innovation, BEIS Paul Hadley remuneration Non-executive Met Office - - 4/4 Until 1 October 2018 director, BEIS UK Space Agency Member, BEIS - - 2/2 Until November 2018 NHS Digital Chairman - 62,500 6/6 Non-executive NHS England - 7,500 9/9 Noel Gordon director Non-executive Payment Systems Regulator - 15,000 7/7 director Chief medical NHS Digital officer and caldicott - 97,500 3/5 Until 28 February 2019 guardian Professor Martin National Data Guardian Panel member - - - Severs Strategic Clinical Reference National Information Board Member - - - Group member. No appointment date given National Crime Agency Member - - - Trevor Reaney Remuneration Review Body CBE Police Remuneration Review Member - - - Body

Non-executive Security Industry Authority - 2,500 1/1 From 7 November 2018 member National Gallery Member - - 8/8 Katrin Henkel Sir John Soane’s Museum Trustee - - 4/4 Tate Trustee - - 1/1 From February 2019 Non-executive From 7 June 2018. Provides UK Statistics Authority - - 7/9 member services free of charge Professor Sir Ian Social Security Advisory Chair 2,694 2,694 4/5 From 1 August 2018 Diamond Committee Honorarium declined from UK Research and Innovation Member - 2,500 7/8 July 2018 Board of Trustees of the Royal Member - - 3/4 Botanic Gardens Kew Ian Karet Civil Justice Council Member - - - The Charity Commission Member - - 3/3 From 1 January 2019 Companies House Chair 27,500 7/8 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Lesley Cowley Non-executive chair - 47,500 11/11 Agency OBE Lead non-executive The National Archives 17,500 10/10 board member 2,300 Education and Skills Funding Member - 7,500 2/2 From 1 September 2018 Agency Non-executive Martin Spencer NHS Counter Fraud Authority - 2,500 4/4 From 1 November 2018 director Non-executive Serious Fraud Office - 2,500 1/1 From 1 March 2019 director Non-executive Financial Conduct Authority - 35,000 10/11 director Non-executive Amelia Fletcher director – senior Payment Systems Regulator - 7,500 6/7 OBE independent director Competition and Markets Non-executive 400 27,500 11/11 Authority director

Wilton Park Chief executive 3,300 175,000 4/4 Non-executive Sharmila Pension Protection Fund - 2,500 0/3 Until 26 June 2018 director Nebhrajani OBE National Savings and Independent non- - 17,500 4/6 Investments executive director Non-executive HM Revenue & Customs 100 17,500 10/10 director Simon Ricketts Non-executive Payment Systems Regulator - 15,000 7/7 director The Theatres Trust Trustee - - -

Methodology Unless otherwise stated, all data is for the year 2018-19 or where the annual report is for the single year 2019. All names and data have been retrieved from annual accounts, reports, meeting minutes, and other official documents. This information was retrieved and compiled between the 18 May and 15 June 2020. All board meeting data incorporated in this paper is attendance at main board meetings, rather than any subcommittee, such as the audit, risk & remuneration committee. When remuneration information has been provided in salary bands, the midpoint of the salary band has been taken and used as the individual’s total remuneration. Some quangos have not published updated information, so when possible the membership of their boards has been taken directly from their website. These have been noted in the source column of the dataset. The quangos considered in this paper are non-ministerial departments, public corporations and agencies and other public bodies as listed at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations.