HC Deb 17 December 1993 vol 234 c961W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many press officers his Department has employed in each year since 1983.

Mr. Goodlad

The number of press officers employed in the FCO news department and the ODA for the years in question is as follows:

Year FCO ODA
1983 11 2
1984 11 2
1985 11 2
1986 11 2
1987 10 2
1988 10 2
1989 9 2
1990 10 2
1991 10 2
1992 9 2
1993 9 2