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	answer has question	wrofm5rN
	answer has answering person	Angela Smith
	answer text	Mr. Beggs: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff in his Department work on the Belfast Metropolitan AreaPlan and the Newtownards area plans; and what progress has been made in reducing time taken to consider planning applications inStrangford. [220753]Angela Smith: The Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan team comprises 31 staff in total. There are currently 13 staff working on the draftArds and Down Area Plan 2015. It is not possible to provide processing times for planning applications within the Strangford Area asprocessing times are collated on a district council basis. Nevertheless, the Planning Service is committed in its ModernisingPlanning Processes (MPP) change programme, through a wide variety of projects and initiatives, to improving the processing times forall planning applications.
	answer given date	2005-03-10
	answer has answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	written answer has answering body	Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland Office	answering body has written answer	z1yVWVTd
Northern Ireland Office	answering body has answer	z1yVWVTd
wrofm5rN	question has answer	z1yVWVTd
Angela Smith	answering person has answer	z1yVWVTd