§ Mr. Freudasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 28 February 1980, c. 701]: The number and the average cost of information officers employed in the Treasury on these dates was as follows: 147W
148W
1.1.1976 1 1.1977 1.1.1978 1.1.1979 1.1.1980 Grade Number Annual cost per head at date quoted Number Annual cost per head at date quoted Number Annual cost per head at date quoted Number Annual cost per head at date quoted Number Annual cost per head at date quoted (£) (£) (£) (£) (£) Chief Information Officer (A) … — — — 1 12,773 1 17,981 Chief Information Officer (B) … 1 9,105 1 9,833 1 10,284 1 11,430 1 15,953 Principal Information Office 3 7,799 3 8,232 3 8,725 3 9,370 3 12,681 Senior Information Officer … 7 6,259 7 6,773 7 7,281 7 7,876 6 10,144 Information Officer … 1 5,110 1 5,608 1 6,057 1 6,492 1 8,417 Total Staff and Cost 12 81,425 12 87,548 12 93,483 13 113,937 12 141,258 The Information Officer Group, in addition to Press and Public Relations Officers, includes information specialists in publications etc.