§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what increases have been notified to him, since his Department's river pollution survey of England and Wales 1975, in the quantity of unsatisfactory sewage effluent discharges, the proportion of unsatisfactory discharges of industrial process water, and the mileage of grossly polluted rivers and canals.
§ Mr. Denis Howell:There is no detailed system for notification of changes as they occur between surveys, but a good deal of information is available none the less. Compared with 1975, the number of unsatisfactory sewage discharges has gone
Male Female Total Permanent secretary 3 — 3 Deputy secretary 12 — 12 Under secretary and equivalent 63 2 65 Assistant secretary equivalent 577 21 598 Director middle band equivalent 9 — 9 Director lower band equivalent 12 1 13 Senior principal equivalent 2141 14 228½ Principal equivalent 1,681½ 122½ 1,804 Senior executive officer equivalent 3,216½ 120½ 3,337 Higher executive officer equivalent 4,158 354 4,512 Executive officer (including administration trainee) 7,324 1,406 8,730 17,270½ 2,041 19,311½ Note: Part-timers counted as half.