written question – answered on 26 October 2006.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what staff posts have been created in his Department since the recent machinery of Government changes; (2) how many full-time equivalent staff (a) work in...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many full-time equivalent press officers (a) work and (b) provide assistance for his Department.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the budget is for his impending visit to the Far East; how many civil servants will be accompanying him; and what the itinerary is for the visit.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether the television licence fee in his official ministerial residence is paid for from public funds.