§ Mr. Kenneth Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many civil servants were employed in the information officer group in Government Departments and separately in the Central Office of Information on 1st January in the years 1960, 1970 and 1979
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe table below shows the numbers of civil servants employed in the information officer group at 1 January in each year. The earliest centrally available figures are those for 1964.
1964 1970 1979 All Government departments 992 1,239 1,326 Central Office of Information 587 647 513 The figure for 1964 excludes members of the information officer group employed in the Post Office.