HC Deb 10 April 2001 vol 366 cc628-9W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office since 1996 which personal press advisers to Cabinet Ministers have been funded(a) in whole and (b) in part from public funds; for which Cabinet members they worked; how much they were paid; what staffing, accommodation and access to official information was provided for them; and if she will make a statement. [157310]

Mr. Stringer

Departmental press officers are appointed to serve Ministers and the Department in which they work. They are not appointed as personal press officers. Some special advisers advise on media related issues. Questions about them are a matter for the individual Ministers concerned.