§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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. Humphrey AtkinsThe number and cost of information officers in the Northern Ireland Office and the Northern Ireland Departments for each of the last four years and for the current year is as follows:—
Number Cost 1 January 1980 25 £251,000 1 January 1979 24 £220,000 1 January 1978 27 £213,000 1 January 1977 26 £191,000 1 January 1976 26 £179,000