HC Deb 20 January 1994 vol 235 c769W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many official Christmas cards were sent out in 1993 by(a) Ministers, (b) civil servants and (c) staff of Government agencies working in or to his Department; and how much these cards cost (i) to buy, (ii) to post and (iii) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes.

Mr. Redwood

The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate costs.

Industry 1Number Date Source
Civil Service2 330,535 April 1993 Civil Service Statistics, Her Majesty's Treasury
Steel industry 416,000 November 1993 Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau
Media 55,400 September 1991 Employment Department, Census of Employment 1991
1 Number of full-time employees in Wales.
2 Includes non-industrial and industrial civil servants working in United Kingdom Government Departments and bodies in Wales.
3 Total relates to full-time equivalents. Part-time staff are counted as half units.
4 Figures for full-time staff are not available separately from part-time staff in the data collected by the Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau. Very few