§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Lord President of the Council if he will give the number of photo-passes to the House held by staff of each Government Department.
§ Mr. Wakeham[holding answer Thursday 9 March 1989]: Photo-passes giving restricted access to the Palace of Westminster are issued to departmental staff permanently employed within the precincts, to depart-mental messengers, to ministeral drivers and to officials who are required to attend often at short notice. The following is the information requested:
Number Government Actuary Department 1 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 32 Cabinet Office 57 Central Office of Information 2 Customs and Excise 19 Crown Suppliers 135 Ministry of Defence 97 Department of Education and Science 50 Department of Employment 102 Department of Energy 76 Department of the Environment 228 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 103 Department of Health 176 Department of Social Security Home Office 160 Inland Revenue 95 Law Officers' Departments 10 Lord Advocate's Department 4 Lord Chancellor's Department 163 Northern Ireland Office 35 Office of Arts and Libraries 2 Office of Fair Trading 1 Office of Parliamentary Counsel 29 Overseas Development Administration 19 Prime Minister's Office 42 Privy Council Office 13 Property Services Agency 287 Scottish Office 81 Department of Trade and Industry 192 Department of Transport 60 Her Majesty's Treasury 162 Welsh Office 43 Government and Opposition Whips' Office 18