Vacant Property Survey

HC Deb 13 November 1979 vol 973 cc545-6W

Mr. Marlow

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to receive the vacant property survey.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The report on the vacant property survey has not yet been completed. I expect to receive it

place in the interim, the complement for the relevant areas, effective from 1 April 1979, was set at 545—out of a total complement for the London Office of 791. This compares with a staff of 713—out of a total of 976—before the inspection began. No further formal survey has been carried out since May last, but the position is kept under review. The staff in post now accord almost exactly with the complement.