§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish in the Official Report the number, and the average cost, of information officers employed by his Department at the beginning of each of the last four years.
§ Mr. David HowellThe number and cost of information officers employed by my Department at the beginning of each of the last four years were
Number Cost £ 1976 23 152,145 1977 24 168,771 1978 25 191,376 1979 24 230,377 1980 25 257,268 The information officer group, in addition to press officers, includes information specialists in press and television advertising, publications, exhibitions and other paid publicity media.