§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Prime Minister if he will give details of the numbers and salaries of the extra public relations and information officers recruited by his Department and agencies for which it is responsible between 1970–71 and 1974–75.
§ The Prime MinisterNone. In fact the number of such officers employed by the Cabinet Office fell by seven. If my hon. Friend is referring to staff of the Press Office at 10 Downing Street, which formally comes under the Civil Service Department, the number of officers employed during the four years ending March 1974 remained constant. Since then the number has fallen by two.