§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the total number of additional employees local authorities in Wales have had to employ to deal with additional administrative requirements of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 in regard to compiling estimates for every operation undertaken in direct labour activities of housing departments.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI have no information on which to base an estimate. But I expect the number to be very small and the cost to be more than offset by financial savings from the increased cost-effectiveness of direct labour organisations operating under the new and strict accounting and competition regime introduced by the legislation.