§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the(a) Civil Service grade and (b) areas of responsibility of each of the staff employed in the MAFF Press Office. [114754]
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§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 15 March 2000]: The MAFF Press Office is headed by the Chief Press Officer (Grade 7). The staff reporting to him and their areas of responsibility are as follows:
- Senior Information Officer
- Information Officer
- Animal welfare, fisheries, countryside matters, flood and coastal defence.
- Senior Information Officer
- Information Officer
- Assistant Information Officer
- Food safety, food standards, meat hygiene, animal health (including BSE), pesticide safety, veterinary medicines, plant health and research, quarantine.
- Senior Information Officer
- Information Officer
- Assistant Information Officer
- Europe, CAP, regions, food and drink industry, marketing and competition, export promotion, administration, horticulture, pigs and poultry.
There are five administrative support staff, one Executive Officer, two part-time Administrative Officers, one Administrative Assistant and one Personal Secretary.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the budget for running the MAFF Press Office in each of the last 10 financial years. [114755]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 15 March 2000]: Pay and non-pay running costs, attributable to the MAFF Press Office, for each of the last 10 financial years are as follows:
Year £ 1999–2000 1382,000 1998–99 556,000 1997–98 460,000 1996–97 442,000 1995–96 417,000 1994–95 539,000 1993–94 532,000 1992–93 490,000 1991–92 519,000 1990–91 2n/a 1 Expenditure up to the end of January 2000 2 Comparable figures are not available for 1990–91