§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Minister for Trade if he will list in the Official Report, in respect of the Simplification of International Trade Procedures Board, the number of staff currently employed, the cost of staff remuneration and the number of meetings held in the past 12 months.
§ Mr. SproatThe number of staff employed by the Simplification of International Trade Procedures Board—SITPRO—is 25 at a cost of £290,250 in the year ended 30 September 1982.
SITPRO draws upon the unpaid expert assistance of some 200 business men and the number of meetings held during the past 12 months was 51; these covered meetings of the board, the budgetary steering group, policy and working groups and ad hoc meetings with representative groups of business and trading interests.