Special Advisers

Mr. Flight
To ask the Leader of the House how many (a) special advisers, (b) press officers, (c) civil servants, (d) advisers to civil servants and (e) permanent staff were working for the Leader of the House in each year since 1996. [126470]

Mr. Hain
The information requested, where available, is as follows and includes staff working in both the Office of the Leader and Deputy Leader: -------------------
|Location         |
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|Sofia            |
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|Stockholm        |
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|Strasbourg       |
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|The Hague        |
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|Valetta          |
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|Vienna           |
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|Warsaw           |
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|Total visits made|
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