§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many civil servants are directly and indirectly involved with the English house condition survey.
§ Mr. ArmstrongAs with any project of this nature, staffing needs vary from the initial design stage, through the main execution of the survey, to the subsequent analysis and presentation of the results. Within my Department there is a core of five officers who have been fully employed on the survey over a period of time. In addition, two others have been temporarily employed upon the design of the linked attitude survey, and a further two are at present temporarily attached to the survey team to assist with the short-term task of processing the completed questionnaires.
I cannot quantify more indirect involvement. However, this comprises quite a small number who have been consulted in some way in the preparation or execution of the survey.