§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the number of press officers currently employed by his Department who are normally based(a) in the Department in London, (b) in the House and (c) at each other location.
§ Mr. GoodladThere are nine full-time press officers employed in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, three in the Overseas Development Administration and none based permanently in the House. Overseas, each of our embassies or high commissions has at least one officer whose work is wholly or partly press-related.