§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the number of information officers, together with the number of supporting staff, there were in his Department in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. David HowellThe number of information officers together with their supporting staff employed in the Department of Energy at the beginning of each of the last five years are:
Year Information Officers Supporting Staff Total 1975 16 11 27 1976 23 11 34 1977 24 11 35 1978 25 13 38 1979 24 13 37 1980 25 12 37 The increase since 1975 is largely accounted for by the recruitment of staff to support the Government's energy conservation information programme.