§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Lord Privy Seal how many staff in his Department have special responsibilities for dealing with EEC matters; and what is the cost to public funds of employing them.
§ Mr. HurdThe number of staff—including all United Kingdom-based and locally engaged support staff—with special responsibilities for European Community matters employed in the European Community departments of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Overseas Development Administration, and in the Office of the United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the European Community, is 151. Their cost in 1979–80 was approximately £3.4 million.