asked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) how many meetings audit engineers in the employment of the Offshore Supplies Office have had with Scottish industrial companies;(2) what contacts audit engineers in the employment of the Offshore Supplies Office have had with Scottish industry; and if he will state how many audit engineers are based in London and how many in Glasgow.

The audit engineers, together with other staff of the Offshore Supplies Office, have had numerous meetings with a very large number of British industrial and service companies, many of which are based in Scotland. Ten audit engineers are based in London and two in Glasgow.