§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people are employed in his Department's press office; and how many were employed on 2 May 1997. [108392]
§ Mr. JamiesonThere are 16.8 permanent press officers (full-time equivalent) currently employed in the DfT press office. This figure excludes administrative staff who provide a pooled support service to the Communication Directorate (of which the press office is part).
Detailed information on the numbers of permanent press officers employed in departmental press offices, including the former Department of Transport, during the financial year 1997–98 was provided in a 589W 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 available in the Libraries of the House.