§ Mr. Lofthouseasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he has taken to increase the manpower of his Department to cope with the extra work load foreshadowed in the report for 1983 of the Chief Planning Inspector.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Billericay, (Mr. Proctor) on 14 November at column287. Changes in demand levels and the deployment of manpower resources within the Department are reviewed regularly in the MINIS system.