§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Mr. Lansley) of 27 June 2000,Official Report, column 455W, regarding the Strategic Communications Unit, for what reasons the number of permanent civil servants has increased from four to nine since January 1998. [129722]
§ The Prime Minister[holding answer 7 July 2000]: At the time of its creation in January 1998 the Strategic Communications Unit had six civil servant posts and two special adviser posts, though not all the posts were filled immediately. Since then, three new civil service posts have been created to run the Number 10 website.