HC Deb 15 February 1982 vol 18 c36W
Mr. Straw

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether any limits on the number of filing cabinets available for use in headquarters departments by officials at principal level and above are prescribed and, if so, what these limits are; and what is the average number of filing cabinets used, at the latest date, by such officials.

Sir George Young

Scales do not limit the number of filing cabinets that may be issued to individual civil servants. The quantity is determined by need. Information is not available on the average number in use by officials at principal level.