§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many(a) full time equivalents were employed by his press office and (b) secondees were placed in his press office in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [70535]
§ Mr. Jamieson[holding answer 22 July 2002]: Detailed information on the numbers of permanent press officers employed in departmental press offices during the financial years 1997–98 were provided in a memorandum dated 16 June 1998 to the select Committee on Public Administration and published in its report on The Government Information and Communication Service (HC 770) in July 1998. Copies are in the Libraries of the House.
962WThe number of full time equivalent press officers employed in the relevant departmental press office on 1 January for subsequent years were:
Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (Central) Year Numbers 1999 34.3 2000 40.8 2001 38.0
Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (Central) Year Numbers 2002 27.8
Secondees to the press office during the full calendar years for which information is available were: Year Numbers 1999 0 2000 1 2001 5