§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many information officers are currently employed by his Department; at what cost; and if he will give these figures in respect of each of the last four years.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe number and cost of information officer group staff employed by my Department in providing information to the press and broadcasting organisations and on publicity work on the dates below were as follows:148W
Staff-in-post Estimated Annual salary cost (£000s) 1 Janaury 1977 27 188 1 Janaury 1978 25 191 1 Janaury 1979 26 237 1 Janaury 1980 26 260 1 November 1981 25 327