§ Mr. Cormackasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many permanent staff are currently engaged in re-surveying England for the purpose of revising the statutory lists of buildings of special architectural or historic interest.
§ Mr. ShoreA total staff time equivalent to that of six professional and seven non-professional permanent staff is devoted to the re-survey programme.
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§ Mr. Cormackasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many complete local authority areas were re-surveyed for the purpose of revising the statutory lists of buildings of special architectural or historic interest during 1977 and 1978; and when he expects its survey to be complete.
§ Mr. ShoreLocal authority reorganisation took place during the re-survey programme and it has been found convenient to continue it by reference to local authority areas as they existed before 1974. In the two years 1977 and 1978 field investigations were completed in 48 of these, and statutory lists were issued for 20; a further 28 revised lists were issued for areas where fieldwork was completed before 1977.
The re-survey is planned as a long-term operation and it is not possible to forecast a completion date.