HC Deb 08 March 1982 vol 19 c284W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Trade how many members of the engineering examining staff in the quality, assurance and standards division are qualified electronic engineers capable of examining correctly electronic equipment; and what were the numbers from 1978 each year to the latest date.

Dr. Vaughan

All the examiners at the national weights and measures laboratory have had the necessary competence to examine correctly electronic equipment during the period in question. Of these the following numbers have been specialists in electronics:

Year 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
Number of specialists 6 6 7 9 10