§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Prime Minister if he will list the number of Ministers by rank in each Department of State, excluding law officers; and if he will provide the corresponding figures for the outgoing Government in 1965. [4751]
§ The Prime MinisterThis is a matter of public record.
§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Prime Minister how many Ministers are in the Department of Trade and Industry now and how many were in the then Board of Trade in 1965; what are the numbers of officials in the Department by rank from assistant secretary upwards in 1979 and at 326W the present time; and what plans he has for reducing the number of Ministers in the Department. [4752]
§ The Prime MinisterThis is a matter of public record. I have no intention of reducing the number of Ministers in the Department of Trade and Industry.