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Mr. Michael Morris
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of personnel employed by each of the third generation new towns in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and the latest available date in 1979.
Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg
Following is the information:supervision of the expanding investment programme and the management of assets and the other administrative expenses of each of the English third generation new towns for the last five financial years at outturn prices. Figures for calendar years are not available.
| 1974–75 | 1975–76 | 1976–77 | 1977–78 | 1978–79 | ||
| £'000s | £'000s | £'000s | £'000s | £'000s | ||
| Telford— | ||||||
| Design etc | … | 2,536 | 3,459 | 4,314 | 4,693 | 5,714 |
| Management of assets | … | 360 | 503 | 635 | 767 | 954 |
| Other expenditure | … | 101 | 119 | 149 | 200 | 593 |
| Total | … | 2,997 | 4,081 | 5,098 | 5,660 | 7,261 |
| Warrington— | ||||||
| Design etc | … | 1,552 | 2,312 | 2,939 | 3,437 | 4,394 |
| Management of assets | … | 109 | 109 | 162 | 210 | 257 |
| Other expenditure | … | 180 | 322 | 372 | 588 | 821 |
| Total | … | 1,841 | 2,743 | 3,473 | 4,235 | 5,472 |