§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many employees of the Offshore Supplies Office are located at Glasgow, Aberdeen, London and elsewhere.
§ Dr. J. Dickson MahonThe numbers of staff employed in the Offshore Supplies Office are as follows: Glasgow, 108; Aberdeen, 2; London, 35. There is none elsewhere.
§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Energy what was the cost of running the Offshore Supplies Office in each year since its inception.
§ Dr. J. Dickson MabonThe current annual cost of running the Offshore Supplies Office with its staff of 145 is £1¼ million. The expenditure for earlier years cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost but would have shown some variations with staffs of 167 in 1975, 118 in 1974 and 33 in 1973 when the office was set up.