§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the public consultations undertaken by his Department since 1997, indicating for each consultation(a) if copies were available online, (b) if copies were available in print, (c) the date the time period given for responses opened and (d) the date the time period given for responses closed. [69800]
§ Jane KennedyThe Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Written Consultation applies to all formal national public consultation documents issued by Departments from 1 January 2001 and the information requested is not available before that date. Since 2001, the details are as follows:
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. [70542]
§ Jane Kennedy(a) The number of staff employed in the Information Service in the last five years is as follows:
April 1998 40 April 1999 52 April 2000 52 April 2001 36 April 2002 37 (b) There have not been any secondees placed in the Information Service in the last five years.