Press and PR

HC Deb 15 March 1989 vol 149 cc247-8W

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest figures for the number of staff presently employed and the full complement of staff including vacant posts, in the press and public relations office of the Treasury; and what is the proposed complement for 1989–90.

Mr. Brooke

[holding answer 13 March 1989]: The number of press and public relations staff employed in the Treasury on I March 1989 was 10 and the budgeted provision was 10; the budgeted provision for 1989–90 is 10.