§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people are employed, and at what locations, by(a) the National Rivers Authority, (b) Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution, (c) the London Waste Regulation Authority, (d) local waste regulation authorities, (e) the nuclear installations inspectorate and (f) the drinking water inspectorate.
§ Sir Paul Beresford[holding answer 15 December 1994]: The numbers of persons employed by the following organisations are, from recent information available to the Department, as follows:
- (a) the National Rivers Authority: 7,709;
- (b) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution: 430;
- (c) the London Waste Regulation Authority; 122;
- (d) other local authorities in England and Wales who are waste regulation authorities—the number of persons working on those authorities' waste regulation functions: 982;
- (e) the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate: 269; and
- (f) the Drinking Water Inspectorate: 30.
The figures for different organisations are not necessarily on a comparable basis or at the same date. Details of the location of the employees of all these organisations are not held centrally.