HC Deb 11 November 1968 vol 773 cc43-4W
Mr. Speed

asked the Minister for the Civil Service how many civil servants in the Board of Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, respectively, are qualified or have practical experience of marketing.

Mrs. Hart

The information in respect of precise numbers could only be made available at a disproportionate expenditure of time and money, but there is a strong marketing element in the commercial courses which civil servants of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Board of Trade attend before going abroad. Information about civil servants in individual departments should be obtained from the individual Minister concerned.