HC Deb 08 July 1992 vol 211 c206W
35. Mr. Macdonald

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what estimate he has made of the number of trading standards officers in post and the number required.

Mr. Leigh

According to returns submitted by local weights and measures authorities in England, Wales and Scotland, the number of qualified trading standards officers in post on 31 March 1991 was just over 1,500 against a complement of just under 1,800.