HC Deb 12 November 1987 vol 122 c228W
Mr. Hayes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list by grade the personnel currently employed in the Central Office of Information.

Mr. Brooke

Personnel1 employed in the Central Office of Information as at 1 November 1987 are as follows:

Number
Grade 3 1
Grade 4 1
Grade 5 6
Grade 6 15
Grade 7 32
Senior Information Officer 96½
Information Officer 206½
Assistant Information Officer 39
Senior Executive Officer 12½
Higher Executive Officer 24½
Executive Officer 46
Photographic Grades 15
Librarian Grades 2
Typing and Secretarial Grades 57½
Reprographics Grades 11
Administrative Officer 147
Administrative Assistant 25½
Paperkeeping, Messengerial and Security Officer Grades 49½
Telephonist 3
Industrial Grades 15
Total 805½
1 Fractions represent part-time staff.

Mr. Hayes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the cost of maintaining the Central Office of Information in each year since 1979.

Mr. Brooke

The running costs (on an outturn basis) for the Central Office of Information for these years were as follows:

Year £ million
1979–80 13.6
1980–81 16.5
1981–82 17.7
1982–83 17.6
1983–84 18.8
1984–85 18.2
1985–86 18.1
1986–87 17.7