HC Deb 30 March 1990 vol 170 c359W
Mr. Andrew Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many scientific staff are employed by the river purification boards in Scotland to issue and enforce consents and to monitor water quality.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The numbers and types of staff employed by river purification boards are matters for each board to determine in the light of its circumstances. Such information is published annually in the reports of the boards which are lodged in the Library.