§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many professional staff there are in the legal departments of each of the shadow National Rivers Authority unit of each regional water authority.
§ Mr. Moynihan[holding answer 9 December 1988]: The information is as follows:
Shadow National Rivers Authority unit in regional water authority Fully qualified Legal staff Legal assistants Anglian 2 3 Northumbrian 1 0 North West 1 2 Severn Trent 3 0 Southern 3 3 South West 3 1 Thames 3 4 Welsh 4 4 Wessex 1 1 Yorkshire 2 2 TOTAL 23 20 These figures do not include the contracting out by many water authorities of the legal work on prosecutions for pollution incidents.