§ Mr. Hoosonasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how many members of the Survey and Development Division of the Welsh office are respectively engaged upon the preparation of the development plans for Mid-Wales and South Wales.
§ Sir K. JosephThe staff of the Survey and Development Division are not organised on a territorial basis but will work together on different aspects of the problems of the various parts of Wales.
§ Mr. Hoosonasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how many of the eight people making up the Survey and Development Division of the Welsh office are fully qualified planning and research officers; and what are the qualifications in each case.
§ Sir K. JosephFour of the officers have planning or research qualifications: two are graduates in Geography, and one of these also holds the Diploma of Town Planning and is an Associate Member of the Town Planning Institute; another is a graduate in Economics; and the fourth is a graduate in Geography with Political Economy, who is also qualified in Civic Design and an Associate Member of the Town Planning Institute. All have detailed practical experience of work in central and local government on planning problems, and the Senior Research Officer was until recently working on the North West Regional Survey.