§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will set out the total budget for her Department's press office in each year from 1990–91 to 1994–95; how many press officers work at her Department; and how many press releases have been sent out in the name of each Minister in the last six months.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe budget for the press office is not available in the form requested. The number of staff employed in the press office is 14. The number of press releases sent out in the name of each Minister can be identified separately before 1 January 1994 only at disproportionate cost. The number of press releases issued in the name of each Minister since 1 January 1994 are:
Number Secretary of State 45 Minister of Health 45 Parliamentary Secretary (Health) 24 Parliamentary Secretary (Community Care) 41 Parliamentary Secretary (Lords) 24