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Mr. Freud
asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish in the Official Report the number, and the average cost, of information officers employed by his Department at the beginning of each of the last four years.
Mr. Eyre
The number of information officers employed by my Department and the average cost of salary plus employer's national insurance contribution is as follows:—
The figures for 1 January and subsequently to 1 January 1979 include the staff in the Department of Prices andNumber of staff and Average cost: 1.1.76, 123, £5,304; 1.1.77, 124 £6,000; 1.1.78, 118, £6,501; 1.1.79, 120, £7,131; 1.1.80, 121, £8,889.