§ Mr. Fitchasked the Secretary of State for Transport on average how many acres of all types of land are lost to motorway and trunk road building in England each year.
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Licensing and Testing Transport Industries/Local Transport Highways Research Management and Central Services Total Senior Staff Permanent Secretary — — — — 1 1 Deputy Secretary — — — — 3 3 Under-Secretary 1 7 3 2 4 17 Executive Director 1 — — — — 1 Administration Group Assistant Secretary 3 15 5 — 6 29 Senior Principal 7 4½ 6½ — 1 19 Principal 35 49 19 1 12 116 Senior Executive Officer 58 25 31 2 6 122 Higher Executive Officer 226 91½ 61½ 9 30 418 Executive Officer/Admin Trainee 628½ 138 165 18 41 990½ Clerical 4,714 200 243½ 38½ 69 5,265 Professional and Technology Group Directing Grades 1 5 21 — — 27 Superintending Grades 4 14 35 2 — 55 PPTO 19 46 116 4 — 185 PTO I 45 92 216 10 — 363 PTO II 89 54 91 7 1 242 PTO III/IV 433 20 62 18 1 534 Other Technical/Drawing Office — 1½ 19½ 5 1 27 Scientific Group Chief Scientific Officer — — — 1 — 1 Deputy Chief Scientific Officer — 2 — 9 — 11 Senior Principal Scientific Officer — — 1 20 — 21 Principal Scientific Officer — 1 1 80 — 82 Senior Scientific Officer — — 4 80 — 84 Higher Scientific Officer — — 3 119½ — 122½ Scientific Officer — — — 57½ — 57½ Assistant Scientific Officer — — — 21½ — 21½ Economics and Statistics Group Chief Statistician/Senior Economic Advisor — — 1 — 7 8 Statistician/Economic Advisor — 2 4 — 24½ 30½ Senior Assistant Statistician/Senior Economic Assistant — — 2 — 4 6 Assistant Statistician/Economic Assistant — — 1 — 2 3
§ Mrs. ChalkerA new single carriageway trunk road takes on average 15 acres per mile, and new motorways or other dual carriageway trunk roads between 25 and 30 acres per mile though there are wide variations between schemes. On the basis of these averages, we estimate that motorways and trunk roads completed in 1980 and 1981 took about 2,200 acres of land a year.