Departments: Manpower

Mr. Hoban
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been appointed to his Department outside Civil Service grades in the last 30 days.

Dawn Primarolo
None.

Mr. Hoban
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many press officers are employed by his Department.

Mr. Ivan Lewis
As at 1 April 2007, the Department employed 30 full-time press officers, four part-time.