§ Mr. FlightTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) special advisers, (b) press officers, (c) civil servants, (d) advisers to civil servants and (e) permanent staff were working for his Department in each year since 1996. [126483]
§ Fiona MactaggartThe figures can be found in Table C of the annual publication "Civil Service Statistics" published by Her Majesty's Stationary Office for the Government Statistical Service annually, and which covers permanent staff numbers in each Department and Agency from 1995 to 2002. Information on the Civil Service is published annually in 'Civil Service Statistics', copies of which have been placed in the Library. The latest edition, based on April 2002 data, was published on 24 July 2003. These figures include statistics on press officers, but the term "advisers to civil servants" is not one that is recognised.