HC Deb 06 April 1982 vol 21 cc308-9W
Mr. George

asked the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions (a) written and (b) oral submissions have been made by his Department to each of the Select Committees; what was the subject of inquiry; and how many pages there were in each of the submissions.

Mr. Pattie

The number of occasions on which MOD witnesses have appeared before the new Select Committees and the number of memoranda submitted to the Committees to date by the MOD, the number of pages in each memorandum and the subjects involved are as follows:

time spent by any individual member of his staff on work specifically related to the activities of the Defence Committee for the last year for which this information is available; and to how many people such a percentage applies.

Mr. Pattie

For the past year the maximum percentage of working time spent by any individual member of the staff of my Department on work specifically related to the activities of the Defence Committee has been approximately 95 per cent. This percentage applies to two people.

Mr. George

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how much time in terms of the number of man-hours and in terms of the percentage of total available man-hours has been spent by members of his Department in the last year for which figures are available on work specifically related to the activities of the Defence Committee in each of the following categories: (a) Ministers, (b) permanent secretaries, (c) deputy secretaries, (d) under-secretaries, (e) assistant secretaries, (f) principals and (g) all other staff; and to how many people such a percentage applies.

Mr. Pattie

Information is not maintained in the form requested. Broad assessments of the amount of time spent by officials and officers of the Department and the Armed Services on work arising from the activities of Select Committees were recorded for the period 4 April 1980 to 17 February 1981 and these were published in theOfficial Report on 7 May 1981.—[Vol. 4, c. 115.] This is the latest period for which such records are available.

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