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Mr. Freud
asked the Secretary of State for Defence 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. Pym
The numbers of information officer Group staff employed in my Department at the beginning of each of the last five calendar years, together with their approximate cost based on annual average salaries and employer's national insurance contributions for the years in question were as follows:
Number | Cost | |
£,000s | ||
1 January 1976 | 179 | 960 |
1 January 1977 | 171 | 993 |
1 January 1978 | 155 | 985 |
1 January 1979 | 146 | 1,010 |
1 January 1980 | 145 | 1,305 |