Petroleum Engineering Directorate (Inspectors)

HC Deb 20 January 1989 vol 145 c345W

Mr. Flannery

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many of the existing inspectors in the petroleum engineering directorate have had previous experience working offshore in the employment of an oil company; and what was the duration of the experience for each inspector.

Mr. Parkinson

Of my Department's 32 inspectors 10 were previously employed by oil companies, the majority of whom have had experience of working offshore. Records are not kept of the duration of offshore experience for each inspector.