§ Sir H. Williamsasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of persons in all Government Departments, respectively, as public relations officers and Press officers; the total number of persons in their respective Departments; and the total annual cost?
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§ Captain Crookshank,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 14th May, 1942; col. 1893, Vol. 379], supplied the following statement:
The following table gives for all Departments, other than the Ministry of Information, the particulars to which I referred in my reply to my hon. Friend on the 14th May. It is not possible to give separately the numbers of public relations officers and Press officers or of their respective staffs, since the duties of
Department. Staff engaged on Public Relations and Press Work. Annual Cost. £ Treasury … … 1 1,700 Home Office and Ministry of Home Security. … … 23 11,262 Foreign Office … … 11 7,053 India and Burma Office … … 18 6,942 Dominions Office … … 10 3,800 Colonial Office … … 7 4,020 Board of Education … … 3 2,127 Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries … … 56 15,813 Ministry of Economic Warfare … … 7 2,646 Ministry of Health … … 17 5,250 Ministry of Labour and National Service … … 40 16,770 Board of Trade … … 12 5,321 Mines and Petroleum Department. … … 2 950 Ministry of Food … … 65 23,083 Ministry of Supply … … 30 15,231 General Post Office … … 13 8,190 Scottish Home Department … … 6 2,778 Ministry of War Transport … … 13 5,676 Ministry of Works and Buildings … … 14 5,245 National Savings Committee … … 89 34,291 War Damage Commission … … 2 1,000 Ministry of Pensions … … 2 1,038 Ministry of Aircraft Production … … 17 6,021 Inland Revenue … … 1(a) 1,100 Admiralty … … 72(b) 39,960 Air Ministry … … 199 97,574 War Office … … 356 112,370 … … 1,086 437,211 (a) A member of the Tax Inspectorate undertaking the duties of a Public Relations Officer (b) Including a small number of staff engaged on censorship work whose activities cannot be clearly marked off from those of the rest of the staff.