§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list for each of the last five years the number of marine surveyors employed in each Marine Safety Agency office. [51180]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonFigures requested are given in the table. Figures are the actual number of Marine Surveyor staff in post as at 1 April for each of the five years. The Marine Safety Agency merged with the Coastguard Agency to become the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on 1 April 1998. The Headquarters office is based at Southampton, along with the Regional Marine Office.
Staff in post figures, as at 1 April 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Headquarters 58 64 56.5 54 54 Southampton 17 14 14 14 13 Orpington 17 16 14 11 13 Great Yarmouth 1 4 4 3 3 Plymouth 5 5 5 5 5 Falmouth 2 3 3 3 3 Beverley 10.5 10 9.5 9 8 Newcastle 15.5 12 10 9 8 Liverpool 14 12 9.5 9 9 Middlesborough 2 2 3 3 4 Cardiff 8 6 5 5 4 Milford Haven 0 1 1 1 1 Avon 1 Closed — — — Aberdeen 14 15 12 12 14 Glasgow 15 18 12 13 13 Belfast 5 6 4 4 4 Leith 3 1— 3 3 3 Stella Ness 1 1 1 1 1 Total 189 189 166.5 159 160 1Figures for Leith included with Glasgow total