§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will publish a table, under the headings of each Department concerned, of the 1,500 officers in Whitehall or its regional agencies who at present are employed in Government public relations, indicating the ditties of each.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisI would refer the hon. Member to my answer to the hon. Member for Ashford (Mr. Speed) on 18th July 1975.—[Official Report, Vol. 895, c. 638–40.]—which included a table, by Department, of the 1,367 staff in post in the information officer group on 1st April 1975. The 1st April 1976 figures are not yet available centrally.
Information staff are engaged on a variety of duties including general Government publicity, Press office work, recruitment advertising, exhibitions, internal information and making flilms. It is not possible to provide an analysis of information officers employed on particular duties without disproportionate cost.