HC Deb 12 November 1987 vol 122 cc243-4W
Mr. Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list by grade the personnel currently employed in the information branch within his Department.

Mr. Eggar

The personnel currently employed in the information department of the diplomatic wing of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are:

Grade Staff
DS4 1
HCS6 1
DS5 10
DS6 9
DS7 11
DS9 6
Clerical support 13
Secretarial support 5
Total 56

Mr. Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the cost of maintaining the information department within his Department in each year since 1979.

Mr. Eggar

The costs of maintaining the information department within the diplomatic wing of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have been:

£
1983–84 1,284,000
1984–85 1,046,000
1985–86 1,341,000
1986–87 1,427,000

Costs prior to 1983–84 are not available.

Mr. Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list by grade the personnel currently employed in the news department within his Department.

Mr. Eggar

The personnel currently employed in the news department of the diplomatic wing of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are:

Grade Staff
DS4 1
DS5 5
DS6 2
DS7E 2
Clerical support 3
Secretarial support 3
Total 16

Mr. Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the cost of maintaining the news department within his Department in each year since 1979.

Mr. Eggar

The costs of maintaining the news department within the diplomatic wing of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have been:

£
1983–84 453,000
1984–85 425,000
1985–86 468,000
1986–87 502,000

Costs prior to 1983–84 are not available.

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