§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Minister for the Civil Service what is his latest estimate of the percentage change between the annual cost to public funds of the salaries of persons recruited by members of the present Government as political policy advisers from outwith the Civil Service, including the policy group under Dr. Donoughue, and the corresponding figure in January 1974.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on Tuesday 30th April—[Vol. 872, c.427.]