§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for Energy, what effect the operation of cash limits (a) has had in the current year and (b) will have had to the end of the current financial year upon the number and location of staff in his Department.
§ Dr. J. Dickson MabonThe effect of cash limits in 1976–77 will be to restrict the amount of resources that can be made
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 Total United Kingdom sector 1 1 2 5 6* 8 23 Norwegian sector 2 — — 4 2 — 8 Irish sector — — — 1 — — 1 Dutch sector — — — — 1 — 1 Totals 3 1 2 10 9 8 33 * Includes one death from natural causes. I must also draw attention to an error made in previous statements on the numbers of divers killed in the North Sea, in particular in the latest edition of the "Brown Book" published in April 1976.
552Wavailable for new or expanding tasks for which provision was not made in the estimates. It is not possible to quantify this effect.