Press Office

HC Deb 19 January 1993 vol 217 cc182-3W

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many staff were employed by her Department's press office in each year since 1979.

Mr. McLoughlin

[holding answer 15 January 1993]: The information requested is given in the table:

	Number
1979–80 to 1985–86	Not available
1986–87	8
1987–88	9
1988–89	9
1989–90	17
1990–91	17
1991–92	14
1992–93	14

Figures for 1986–87, 1987–88 and 1988–89 are for the Department's press office only. The Department's press office was merged with the Training Agency press office in November 1989 and the figures from 1989–90 onwards reflect this.