Staff (Press and Public Relations)

HC Deb 20 January 1972 vol 829 cc253-4W

Mr. William Price

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people in his Department are engaged in Press and public relations; and what was the number on 20th June, 1970.

Mr. Peter Walker

The number of staff employed on these matters in the three former Ministries on 1st July, 1970, was 125; the number employed in my Department's Directorate of Information on 1st December, 1971, was also 125.