Departmental Information Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip-Northwood of 9 February 2010, Official Report, columns 924-25W, on departmental information officers, what the (a) title and (b) division is of each of the seven embedded communicators working within the business; and on what date each of these positions was first established. (320912)

The information requested is as follows:

Title	Work area	Date established
Stakeholder Engagement Communications	Food Chain Programme	Summer 2009
Communications manager	Public Value Programme	Autumn 2009
Communications manager	Performance Programme	Spring 2009
Communication manager	UK location Programme	Early 2008
Communications adviser	Customer and Citizen insight team	Summer 2009
Communication manager	Chief Information Officer’s team	Spring 2008
Segmentation and Consumer Insight	Sustainable Behaviours Unit	Early 2007

Volume 507: debated on Monday 15 March 2010