§ Rear-Admiral Morgan Gilesasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the average delay in dealing with applications for agricultural building grants.
§ Mr. John MackieThe time taken to arrange for inspections of applications under the Farm Improvement Scheme and to scrutinise specifications and tenders varies considerably from case to case. At this time of year applications are very numerous and we usually have on hand the equivalent of about two months' applications. No statistics are kept of the length of time taken to reach a final decision on individual cases.