§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if any
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Grade Men Women Total Permanent secretary … 1 — 1 Deputy secretary … 6 — 6 Chief veterinary officer … 1 — 1 Deputy director-general, ADAS … 1 — 1 Under secretary … 24 2 26 CSO … 3 — 3 CSO … 6 — 3 DCSO … 6 — 6 SPSO … 38 1 39 P & TO directing A … 1 — 1 P & TO directing B … 1 — 1 P & TO superintending … 15 — 15 Regional officer (ADAS) … 8 — 8 Divisional officer (ADAS) … 17 — 17 Senior agricultural officer … 2 — 2 Senior horticultural officer … 1 — 1 Chief science specialist … 1 — 1 Senior advisory officer/regional agricultural officer … 21 — 21 Assistant chief veterinary officer … 8 — 8 Regional veterinary officer … 22 — 22 Deputy RVO … 25 — 25 Senior research officer I … 15 — 15 Assistant secretary … 47 3 50 Senior principal … 13 — 13 Principal … 142 15 157 SEO … 144 24 168 HEO … 421 103 524 HEO(A) … 13 8 21 EO … 635½ 351 986½ Administration trainee … 12 10 22 Chief statistician … 1 1 2 Statistician … 5 2 7 Senior assistant statistician … 4 2 6 Assistant statistician … 1 1 2 Chief information officer A … 1 — 1 police dogs, vaccinated on the authority of the Animal Health Division before being sent abroad to countries suffering from rabies outbreaks, are invariably barred from returning to the United Kingdom ; and, if so, what arrangements are made to dispose of them overseas.
§ Mr. Strang:Our rabies control arrangements provide for a complete prohibition on the importation of dogs without an import licence. If a licence is obtained there is no bar to the entry of vaccinated dogs subject to the application of quarantine arrangements.