§ Mr. Ian Lloydasked the Minister of Transport if she will give further details of the aims and purposes of her questionnaire sent to non-statutory undertakings and subsidiary companies engaged in port activities; what this questionnaire is costing; what additional staff will be engaged on it; and when she expects it to be completed.
§ Mr. Swingler:We want to find out primarily the nature of the services provided by such undertakings, their size, and in particular whether the services are available to all port users. The cost should be about £4,000, including staff costs. No additional staff will be engaged, but four will be assigned temporarily to this work; analysis of the information is expected to be completed in a few months.
§ Mr. Ian Lloydasked the Minister of Transport from how many recipients of her questionnaire sent to non-statutory undertakings and subsidiary companies engaged in port activities she has received representations relating to the scope and character of the information she has requested; and what replies she has made.
§ Mr. Swingler:One company regards the information as confidential to its own organisation and does not accept our assurance on this: no reply has been sent. Another company has suggested that we should seek information on the 154W supply of fresh water to ships: this company is being invited to give particulars.