Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to expedite the licence application made by North Tyneside Council to the Marine Management Organisation to enable repair work to the quay walls and the dredging of the riverside berth.
Answered by George Eustice
I understand that this is an important local issue, and that the Marine Management Organisation has recently met with the Council and agreed on the next steps to be taken by the Council and by the MMO.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in ministerial offices in her Department were appointed from (a) the Civil Service and (b) other bodies (i) between May 2005 and May 2010 and (ii) since May 2010.
Answered by Dan Rogerson
The information requested is not available as staff working in ministerial offices are not separately identifiable on Defra’s HR IT system across the periods of time covered by the question.