To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many press officers are employed by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. (154126)

ACAS currently employs two permanent communications professionals to carry out its media and marketing activity. Both are Government Communication Network (GCN) professionals, with the media and marketing manager operating at Senior Information Officer level and their deputy at Information Officer level. Neither is a full-time press officer, but both combine press duties as part of their overall role. This includes operating an out-of-hours service for the media.