83. Sir R. De la Bèreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the absorption and transfer of large numbers of the staff previously employed by the former Ministry of Information as information officers to a large number of Government Departments, he will now issue a further statement setting out their duties.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterBroadly speaking, the duties of information officers are to advise and assist the Ministers concerned on questions arising out of the relations between their Departments and the public. The nature of the work varies a good deal as between Departments, and questions of detail on this are matters for my right hon. Friend concerned in each case.