asked the Attorney-General what is the average time now taken in the London area between the application of local authorities for an order against squatters and the determination of the case by the court.
Information on the time intervals between the successive stages of actions in the courts is not collected on a routine basis. However, a recent survey carried out at a sample of London county courts indicates that the average time taken between the issue of an application for recovery of possession under Order 26 of the County Court Rules 1936 (summary proceedings for the recovery of land or rent) by a local authority and an order being made is about 23 days. There is provision
| April 1970 | April 1971 | April 1972 | April 1973 | April 1974 | April 1975 | April 1976 | April 1977 | Scale* | ||||
| Chief Information Officer (A) | … | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | £8,650–£11,100 | ||
| Chief Information Officer (B) | … | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | £7,750–£9,350 | ||
| Principal Information Officer | … | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | £5,680–£7,450 | ||
| Senior Information Officer | … | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | £4,900–£5,900 | ||
| Information Officer | … | … | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | £3,900–£4,700 | |
| Assistant Information Officer | … | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | £2,395–£3,670 | ||
| Higher Executive Officer | … | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | £3,900–£4,700 | ||
| Executive Officer | … | … | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | £2,395–£3,670 | ||||
| Clerical Officer | … | … | … | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | £1,930–£2,540 |
| Clerical Assistant | … | … | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | £31·80–£37·30 | ||||
| (weekly rate) | ||||||||||||
| 28 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 44 | 41 | |||||
| * Exclusive of pay supplement. | ||||||||||||
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total cost of running the Scottish Information Service, including wages, maintenance, furniture, equipment, electricity and any other cost whatsoever.
, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 7th April 1977; Vol. 929, c. 650], gave the following information:On the basis of standard Civil Service staff costings, as applied to current staff numbers, salaries and the cost of accommodation and common services for a year total about £310,000.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give his estimate of the percentage of persons employed in his Department who left the Department
whereby the hearing of a case can be expedited if the applicant requires it.