§ Mr. Rogersasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people are and have been employed in the Nature Conservancy Council in each year since 1979 according to age, sex, occupation and profession.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe information is not available in the form requested. However, I am advised by the Nature Conservancy Council that the number of permanent and casual staff employed as at 1 April of each year since 1979 is as follows:
(2) how many full-time biologists are employed in the Nature Conservancy Council; in what grades and categories; and on what form of contracts;
(3) how many full-time geological assistants and technicians are employed in the Nature Conservancy Council; in what grades and categories; and on what form of contracts;
(4) how many full-time biological assistants and technicians are employed in the Nature Conservancy Council; in what grades and categories; and on what form of contracts.
§ Mr. WaldegraveI am advised that the Nature Conservancy Council employs 17 full-time geologists 551W (including geomorphologists). These comprise 10 permanent appointments (one grade 7, four SSO, five HSO), four limited period appointments (two HSO, two SO) and three casual appointments (one SSO, one HSO, one SO).
Twenty-nine biologists are employed full time by Nature Conservancy Council (10 grade 7, nine SSO and nine HSO) on permanent appointments and one period appointment. In addition there are a number of limited term and casual appointees employed on finite projects under Nature Conservancy Council's commissioned research programme.