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Mr. Horam
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many Ministers there were in her Department in each year since 1996. [120988]
Ms Hewitt
Including the Secretary of State, the number of Ministers in my Department since 1996 were as follows:
| Number | |
| 24 July 1996 to 5 May 1997 | 7 |
| 6 June 1997 to 27 July 1998 | 17 |
| 28 July 1998 to 22 December 1998 | 18 |
| 23 December 1998 to 4 January 1999 | 18 |
| 5 January 1999 to 28 July 1999 | 8 |
| 29 July 1999 to 10 June 2001 | 7 |
| 11 June 2001 to 28 May 2002 | 8 |
| 29 May 2002 to 12 June 2003 | 28 |
| 13 June 2003 to date | 27 |
| 1 One Minister shared with the Treasury. | |
| 2 One Minister shared with the Foreign Office. | |