44. Earl of Dalkeithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many civil servants will be required to man the proposed Scottish Planning Board; and how this number compares with the existing Scottish Development Department.
§ Mr. WillisThe Board will be manned by civil servants in the service of the various Departments concerned. A few additions to their staffs for this purpose may be necessary, for example, economic assistants, but there is no suggestion of a new bureaucratic growth.
The great majority of the staff of the Scottish Development Department will, as heretofore, be engaged in the administration of those of my right hon. Friend's statutory duties that are discharged through that Department.