Information Research (Hansard, 7 March 1988)

§ Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many civil servants were engaged in the information research department of his Department in each year since 1971.

§ Mr. Eggar
The staff establishment of the information research department in each year from 1971 until disbandment in May 1977 was 117, 99, 91, 91, 88, 85 and 85.

§ Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many members of the armed forces and civil servants were engaged in the information research department of his Department in Northern Ireland in each year since 1971.

§ Mr. Eggar
No member of the armed forces served in the information research department. One IRD officer served in Northern Ireland on secondment from November 1972 to December 1973.