HC Deb 18 July 1994 vol 247 cc74-5W
Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what additional work arising out of the Donaldson inquiry he expects to be undertaken by the Marine Safety Agency.

Mr. Norris

The Government are examining all the recommendations of the Donaldson report. Many of those will require further analysis or development, some of which will have to be undertaken by the Marine Safety Agency. The extent and nature of that work will be announced in the Government's detailed response to the report later this year.

Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by grade for each of the last five years the number of substantive staff employed by the Marine Safety Agency and its predecessors.

Mr. Norris

It is not possible to give a breakdown of the numbers of staff by grades employed for each of the last five years by the predecessor of the Marine Safety Agency, the surveyor general's office. The total staff complement of the SGO for each of the last five years was as follows:

Numbers
1 April 1989 398
1 April 1990 361
1 April 1991 361
1 April 1992 347
1 April 1993 356