The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many information personnel specialising in conservation are currently employed by his Department; and how this compares with the figures for 1977, 1978 and 1979.
Mr. David Howell
The numbers of information class staff engaged in specialist work on energy conservation on these dates were:
| 1977 | 5 |
| 1978 | 7 |
| 1979 | 7 |
| Today | 8 |
Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for Energy what effect the proposed staff cuts will have on information personnel specialising in conservation.
Mr. David Howell
Final decisions have not been taken, but I do not anticipate that proposed staff cuts will have any effect on information personnel specialising in conservation.