HC Deb 13 February 2004 vol 418 c129W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many civil servants, broken down by grade, there are in the Department and the agencies for which the Department is responsible; and what the figures were in January 1997. [150265]

Alun Michael

I refer the hon. Member to the Answer given by my hon. Friend, the Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Mr. Douglas Alexander) on 9 February,Official Report, column 1293W.