HC Deb 26 May 1970 vol 801 cc466-70W
Sir Ian Orr-Ewing

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will publish a list showing the total number of Government information officers in each year

INFORMATION OFFICERS AND EQUIVALENTS IN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION BRANCHES
1.3.58 1.3.59 1.3.60 1.3.61 1.3.62 1.3.63 1.3.64 1.3.65 1.3.66 1.3.67 1.3.68 1.3.69 1.3.70
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food … 11 10 7 7 8 9 11 12 12 12 14 14 14
Cabinet Office … — — — — — — — — — — — — 9
Cabinet Office (C.S.O.) … — — — — — — — — — — — 1
Cabinet Office (Paymaster General's Office) … — — — — — — — — — — — 2
Civil Service Department … — — — — — — — — — — — 12 16
Civil Service Commission … — — — — — — — — — 3 4
Customs and Excise … 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Decimal Currency Board … — — — — — — — — — — 1 6 10
Defence Departments … * 48 52 57 65 66 85 92 95 96 99 111
Economic Affairs … — — — — — — — 9 11 11½ 11 10 —
Education and Science … 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 10 14 16 20½ 21 23
Employment and Productivity … * 7 8 8 8 8 8 10 12 15 21
Export Credits Guarantee Department … 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Foreign and Commonwealth Office … — — — — — — — — — — — 12 12
Foreign Office … * 10 10 10 10 — —
Commonwealth Relations Office … * 7 — — — — —
Colonial Office … * 5 — — — — —
Commonwealth Office …* — 8 10 8½ — —
Forestry Commission … 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Health and Social Security … — — — — — — — — — — — — 16
Health … 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 11 10 9
Social Security … 4 4 5 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
Home Office … 6 7 7 7 9 9 10 10 11½ 11½ 14 15 15
Housing and Local Government … 5 6 7 7 7 7 9 9 8 11 14 13 17
Land and Natural Resources … — — — — — — — 2 3 — — — —
Central Office of Information … * 13 14 15 13 15 15 15 17 18 18 17 17
Inland Revenue … 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Land Commission … — — — — — — — — — — 1 2 2
National Savings Department … — — — — — — — — — — — — 8
National Savings Committee … 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 —
National Savings Committee for Scotland … — — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 —
from 1958–59 to 1969–70, excluding those employed by the General Post Office.

Mr. Shore:

The numbers of information officers and equivalents in Departments' Information Branches are given so far as the records are extant, in the table below.

1.3.58 1.3.59 1.3.60 1.3.61 1.3.62 1.3.63 1.3.64 1.3.65 1.3.66 1.3.67 1.3.68 1.3.69 1.3.70
Overseas Development … *— 2 2 3 6 9 10 11 11 11
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications — — — — — — — — — — — — 3
Privy Council Office … — — — — — — — — — 1 1 — —
Public Building and Works … 9 9 9 9 10 10 11 12 11 14 14 15 18
Scottish Office …10 10 10 11 12 12 12 14 15 15 16 16 16
Technology …*— 46 45 44 45 46 45 42 42 55
Power …2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 —
Trade …17 17 20 21 22 25 26 32 34 38 41 42 40
Transport …7 7 7 7 9 9 10 17 17 18 23 28 28
Treasury and Sub-Departments …13 12 17 17 15 16 16 11 14 15 17 6 12
Welsh Office …— — — — — — — — 10 11 13 14 15
Total (excluding Post Office) … — — — — — — — 344 376½ 404 431 444 495
* Records of Department (or predecessors) not available. (Departments subsequently incorporated in others have not been shown separately in all cases not have changes of title unaccompanied by substantial changes of function.)