§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of information officers, together with the number of supporting staff, in his Department in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe number of information officer group staff and support staff in post in my Department at the beginning of each of the last five years were as follows:—
Information officer group Support staff 1975 20 10 1976 24 16 1977 27 15 1978 25 12 1979 26 12 The figures for 1 January 1980 were 26 and 13.