HC Deb 05 March 1993 vol 220 c322W
Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish(a) the total staff complement of Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution and (b) the number of field inspectors currently in post at HMIP; and what were the corresponding figures for (a) and (b) for the air pollution inspectorate at the point of transfer to HMIP.

Mr. Maclean

[holding answer 3 March 1993]: HMIP currently employs 169 inspectors out of a total complement of 377.5 staff. On its formation in April 1987 HMIP had a total complement of 199 staff, including 42 inspectors and eight sampling officers who transferred from the former industrial air pollution inspectorate.