HC Deb 29 April 1991 vol 190 c56W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give for each year from 1979–80, including 1991–92, the number of staff actually employed on 1 April and the full complement of staff, including vacant posts in the press and public relations office of his Department.

Mr. Leigh

[holding answer 26 April 1991]: Separate figures for the years before 1987–88 are not readily available. The complement of the Department's press office on 1 April over the past five years has been as follows, with the number of staff in post shown in parenthesis:

Year
1987–88 51 (51)
1988–89 51 (51)
1989–90 41 (37)
1990–91 39 (37)
1991–92 39 (38)

The current total includes 16 clerical and other support posts.

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