§ Lord Greavesasked Her Majesty's Government:
Who they are engaging to conduct appeals in relation to the provisional maps issued under Section 11 of Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000; whether the appeals inspectors will be engaged part-time or full-time on this work; how many inspectors they expect will be engaged in this work; and what provisions they are making for appropriate training. [HL1632]
§ Lord WhittyThe administration of appeals under Part I of the Act will be undertaken by the Planning Inspectorate whose inspectors will be appointed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to determine appeals, unless the Secretary of State chooses to do so herself. Posts as access inspectors will be offered on both a full-time and part-time basis. At this stage we do not know how many appeals under Section 11 there will be but we estimate that around 50 inspectors will be needed initially. These are working assumptions and may be amended in the light of experience. All inspectors will receive full training but the details have yet to be finalised.