HC Deb 30 January 1996 vol 270 c658W
Mr. Battle

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many staff(a) specialise in energy and (b) spend time on energy-related issues. [12481]

Mr. Eggar

Within my Department, there are at present 484 staff in the energy command, which deals with energy-related issues. There are also staff elsewhere in the Department who spend time on energy matters where these impact on their main areas of responsibility, but it is not possible to quantify the number of staff falling into this category.