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Shipping: General Lighthouse Authorities

Volume 714: debated on Tuesday 3 November 2009

Questions

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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are employed in the Research and Radionavigation Directorate of the General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland. [HL5918]

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff there will be in the Research and Radionavigation Directorate of the General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2010–11; and how many there are in 2009–10. [HL5921]

There are 12 people currently employed in the General Lighthouse Authorities’ Research and Radionavigation Directorate.

The directorate’s staff complement for 2009-10 and 2010-11 is 14.

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To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions personnel from the Research and Radionavigation Directorate of the General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland visited the United States on business relating to the e-Loran project in (a) 2007, and (b) 2008; how many visits are planned for (1) 2009, and (2) 2010; and what the costs of the visits were or are projected to be. [HL5922]

Personnel from the General Lighthouse Authorities’ Research and Radionavigation Directorate visited the United States on business relating to the e-Loran project once during 2008, and twice in 2009. No visits were made in 2007. The total cost was £21,393.

No further trips are currently planned for the rest of 2009 or during 2010.