§ Mr. Bryant Godman Irvineasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what sections or agencies exist in his Department for collecting information from, or giving advice and assistance to, private sector industry.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe Department's Statistics Directorate receives regular information from a number of sources, notably the construction industry, road hauliers and other transport undertakings.
The Directorate publishes a wide range of statistical information compiled from these returns, and makes available certain other information from the Department's records.
206WNo section of the Department exists solely for the purpose, but advice and assistance to private sector industry is available from the Directorate General of Research, the Directorate General of Development (Housing and Construction), the Directorate General of Water Engineering, the Building Research Station, the Road Research Laboratory, the Hydraulics Research Station, the Water Pollution Research Laboratory, the Fire Research Station, the Forest Products Research Laboratory, and occasionally from other sections.