§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give figures for the allocation of staff to the areas of responsibility of his Department of(a) housing, (b) local government and (c) environmental protection and research for each year since 1974 for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Ridley[holding answer 9 May 1988]: The table shows the information for each year since 1983. The information is not readily available for earlier years.
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Department of the Environment (Central) Staff numbers from 1 April 1983 to 1 April 1988 Command 1 April 1983 1 April 1984 1 April 1985 1 April 1986 1 April 1987 1 April 1988 Housing and Construction (including Rent Assessment Panels) 374 346 377.5 388.5 1296 1328 Local Government and Local Government Finance 133.5 152.5 207.5 213 200 207 Environment Protection 1,066 1,022 1,015.5 1,044.5 232 227 Notes:
- 1. The Building Research Establishment (750 staff at 1 April 1987) transferred from the Environmental Protection command to the Housing command during 1986–87.
- 2. The Department's statistical services were centralised and included in the Housing Command from 1 April 1987.
- 3. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution was created on 1 April 1987. Staff numbers for the Environmental Protection Command at 1 April 1987 and 1 April 1988 do not include staff in the Inspectorate.
- 4. The totals for Environmental Protection exclude Staff working on Water topics.
- 5. Staff working on research are shown against the area of work for which the research is undertaken, except for BRE which is included against Environmental Protection up to 1 April 1986 and Housing thereafter.