HC Deb 22 July 2002 vol 389 cc724-5W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many(a) full time equivalents were employed by his press office and (b) secondees were placed in his press office in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [70543]

Mr. Paul Murphy

My Department is staffed entirely by secondees. Since the establishment of the Wales Office on 1 July 1999 it has employed three press officers.