§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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.
§ Mr. EnnalsThere are no staff recruited exclusively for public relations work in my Department or the agencies for which I am responsible. Diplomatic Service officers recruited into general classes are assigned to Press and information tasks as the need arises. Some locally-engaged staff are recruited overseas for specific information duties. The numbers engaged in information work in this period have declined in line with the overall reductions in Diplomatic Service manpower.