§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Prime Minister whether civil servants who have been allowed to publish material which relies in any particular on what they have learnt or done in the course of their employment by the Crown are expected to hand to the Crown any profit derived by the author from the publication. [22424]
§ The Prime MinisterThe extent to which a civil servant may be required to account to the Crown for any profit made from such publication will depend on whether the author produced all or part of the work during official time and whether the work is based on or otherwise used Crown copyright material.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Prime Minister in what circumstances civil servants may publish without prior approval any material based directly or indirectly on what they have learnt or done in the course of their employment by the Crown. [22422]
§ The Prime MinisterCivil servants must clear in advance material for publication which draws on official material or experience.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Prime Minister if he will list the individual value of each(a) compulsory early retirement and (b) flexible early retirement package received by civil servants leaving his Department on grounds of limited efficiency in each of the last five years. [22092]
§ The Prime Minister[holding answer 2 May 1995]: For these purposes my office is part of the Cabinet Office—Office of Public Service and Science. I refer the hon. Member to the reply given today by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.