§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what were the numbers of public relations officers and information officers employed by his Department at the latest available date and at the comparable date one year and two years earlier.
§ Mr. PeartNine staff in the information officer group were employed in my Department on 1st October 1975. The corresponding figures for 1st October 1973 and 1st October 1974 were seven and nine respectively.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the number of civil servants employed by his Department at the latest available date and at the comparable date one year and two years 280W earlier; and what percentage of those was employed by ADAS.
§ Mr. PeartThe number of non-industrial and industrial civil servants employed by my Department at 1st October 1975 was 15,557. At 1st October 1973 and 1st October 1974 the numbers were 15,098 and 15,054 respectively. The percentages of these totals in ADAS were 32.6 at 1st October 1973 and 34–2 at 1st October 1974 and 1st October 1975. The percentages are not entirely comparable because certain units did not become part of ADAS until 1974.