§ Mr. Freudasked the Minister for the Civil Service what is the number of Government information officers presently employed; if he will publish in the Official Report the numbers assigned to him by different Departments of Government; and if he will give comparable figures for each of the last three years.
§ Mr. ChannonI am not clear as to what the hon. Member means by "assigned to him by different Departments of Government". Numbers in the Information Officer Group are as follows:
Date Total On loan to the Civil Service Department from other departments 1 January 1980 1,252 1 1 January 1979 1,278 2 1 January 1978 1,348 2 1 January 1977 1,438 2 If this is not the information the hon. Member requires, and he will put down a further Question, I will give him what information I can.