§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many staff working in support of information officers, were employed in his Department in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. MayhewIn the DE group the number of permanent staff directly supporting information officer group staff was as follows:
Department of Employment 1975 22 1976 24 1977 20 1978 22 1979 19 1980 16 Manpower Services Commission 1975 5 1976 9 1977 14 1978 13 1979 16 1980 15 Health and Safety Commission/Executive 1975 6 1976 8 1977 10 1978 13 1979 14 1980 15 Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service 1975 2 1976 2 1977 2 1978 3 1979 3 1980 4