§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government (1) how many staff are currently employed to deal with planning appeals; and how many of these are inspectors;
(2) how many staff were employed to deal with planning appeals in each year from 1960 to 1968, inclusive.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonFigures are given below. Before 1965 administrative staff were not separately allocated to planning appeals work.
Administrative Staff Inspectors Total 1960 — 124 — 1961 — 128 — 1962 — 142 — 1963 — 146 — 1964 — 128 — 1965 173 129 302 1966 186 147 333 1967 186 148 334 1968 186 139 325 1st July, 1969 174 149 323 About 30 per cent. of the inspectors' time is spent on work other than planning appeals.