HC Deb 09 May 1994 vol 243 c66W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many additional staff his Department has taken on to deal with the responses to the consultation paper "Access to Local Authority and Housing Association Tenancies";

(2) how many staff are dealing with responses to his Department's consultation paper "Access to Local Authority and Housing Association Tenancies";

(3) how many of the responses to his Department's consultation paper "Access to Local Authority and Housing Association Tenancies" have been from hon. and right hon. Members.

Sir George Young

Of the 10 members of the Department's homelessness policy division whose work is associated with the responses to the consultation paper "Access to Local Authority and Housing Association Tenancies", four were taken on specifically to handle the volume of responses, which include over 500 communications from right hon. and hon. Members, most of which were forwarding letters from their constituents.