§ 29. Mr. Kenneth Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many professionally qualified information officers are employed in Government Departments; what has been the increase in numbers since 1974; how many are employed in the same trade with the Central Office of Information; and what has been the increase since 1974.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThis information is not readily available. There are no required formal professional qualifications for information officers in the Civil Service. However, there were 1,346 staff in post in the information officer group on 1 April 1978, an increase of 39 since 1974.