§ Mr. Hordernasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the number of information officers, together with the number of supporting staff, in his Department in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. ChannonThe number of information officers, together with their supporting staff, in my Department during each of the last five years was as follows:
Information officer group staff 1 January 1975 19 1 January 1976 21 1 January 1977 21 1 January 1978 18 1 January 1979 16 1 January 1980 14 Support staff 1 January 1975 27 1 January 1976 24 1 January 1977 23 1 January 1978 25 1 January 1979 26 1 January 1980 22
§ Mr. Hordernasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many information officers there were in the Central Office of Information, and how many supporting staff, in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. ChannonThe table below shows the total number of staff employed in the Central Office of Information at the 1 January in each year since 1975, and the number of information officer group staff within these totals:
Total 1 January 1975 1,283 1 January 1976 1,369 I January 1977 1,316 1 January 1978 1,204 1 January 1979 1,164 1 January 1980 1,177 Information officer group 1 January 1975 548 1 January 1976 584 1 January 1977 568 1 January 1978 525 1 January 1979 512 1 January 1980 518