HC Deb 22 July 2002 vol 389 cc720-1W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many(a) full-time equivalents were employed by her press office and (b) secondees were placed in her press office in the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [70540]

Clare short

We currently employ four press officers, and this number of posts has remained the same since January 1997 and we have had no secondees in that time.