Information Officers

Mr. Hordern
asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the number of information officers, together with the number of supporting staff, there were in his Department in each of the last five years.

Mr. David Howell
The number of information officers together with their supporting staff employed in the Department of Energy at the beginning of each of the last five years are: ------
|Year|
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|1975|
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|1976|
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|1977|
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|1978|
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|1979|
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|1980|
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The increase since 1975 is largely accounted for by the recruitment of staff to support the Government's energy conservation information programme.