§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for the Environment 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. CroslandThere were 99 information officers employed in April 1971 and 96 in April 1975, a reduction of three. The current salary scales are:
Director middle band £11,670 Chief Information Officer (A) £8,650–£11,000 Chief Information Officer (B) £7,750–£9,350 Principal Information Officer £5,680–£7,450 Senior Information Officer £4,900–£5,900 Information Officer £3,900–£4,700 Assistant Information Officer £1,885–£3,670 The Department was created in November 1970.