§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many research requirement committees, or their equivalent, there are in his Department; what subjects they are concerned with; how many senior and other officers are involved with such committees; and what amount of money each one is concerned with individually and in aggregate.
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§ Mr. CroslandThere are 15 research requirements committees, each based on a particular policy area, as indicated in the table below. Membership averages about 15 senior staff, plus a small secretariat, and the committees meet about three or four times a year. The costs of individual planned programmes for each committee for 1974–75 range from about
Planned Programme Subject Areas of RRCs Membership Cost 1974–75 £000 £000 Planning and Transportation 1. Statutory Planning and Allied Techniques … 13 500 2. Regional Planning … 13 450 3. Urban and Land Use Strategy … 15 1,350 4. Road Safety and Vehicles … 13 2,550 5. Railways and Inter-Urban Transport … 13 3,800 6. Ports and Harbours … 11 450 7. Urban Transport … 16 2,650 11,750 Building and Construction 8. Building Design … 16 1,200 9. Housing Design and Policy … 15 1,000 10. Building Regulations and control … 12 900 11. Construction Processes Maintenance and Materials … 27 1,100 12. Road Design and Construction … 14 3,600 7,800 Environmental Pollution and Resources 13. Water … 14 2,000 14. Noise, Clean Air and Waste … 17 2,200 15. Natural Resources and Conservation … 11 1,500 5,700 25,250 Notes
1. Many members serve on more than one committee.
2. Additionally, each committee has a small secretariat, often providing services to more than one ommittee