§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department how many(a) civil servants and (b) special advisers involved in media relations were employed within his Department at 1 May (i) 1997, (ii) 1998 and (iii) 1999. [84198]
§ Mr. VazFour civil servants, all members of the Government Information and Communications Service (GICS), were employed in my Department for media relations on 1 May in the years 1997–99.
The Special Adviser in this Department has ad hoc contact with the media but is not specifically employed in media relations.