Education and Skills written question – answered at on 29 June 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many press officers the Department and its predecessors employed in each year since 1997; and what the cost was in each year.
The information requested is set out in the table:
Staff numbers | Spend (£000) | |
---|---|---|
1996–97 | 19 | 702 |
1997–98 | 20.5 | 729 |
1998–99 | 29.5 | 969 |
1999–2000 | 28 | 997 |
2000–01 | 28 | 1,307 |
2001–02 | 28 | 1,097 |
2002–03 | 23.4 | 1,314 |
2003 -04 | 18.5 | 1,352 |
2004–05 | 18 | 1,200 |
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