Public Relations and Marketing

HC Deb 15 May 2000 vol 350 c54W

Mr. Heald

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officials in his Department were engaged in public relations and marketing work in(a) March 1997 and (b) March 2000. [122286]

Mr. Straw

The nearest monthly figures I am able to provide are for April 1997 when there were a total of eight information and senior information officers employed in Home Office Publicity.

There was a total of eight information and senior information officers employed in Home Office Publicity in March 2000.