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Written question asked by Lord Laird (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Labour) on Monday, 13 July 2009.


Northern Ireland Office: Staff

Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff were employed in the press office of the Northern Ireland Office on 1 January in each year since 1998.
Answer

The Northern Ireland Information Service (NIIS) conducts all press office work on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office. In addition, it has since 1999 provided an in-house media monitoring service for Ministers, senior officials in the Northern Ireland Civil Service and a range of external stakeholders. Over this period, staff within the service have also had responsibility for any premises-related issues that concern Block B, Castle Buildings. Details of staffing levels within NIIS on 1 January of each year since 1998 are listed in the following table.

Year NIIS staff
1998 29
1999 45.5
2000 44
2001 30
2002 34
2003 41
2004 36
2005 37
2006 36.5
2007 36.5
2008 30.5
2009 29.5

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
4675; 712 c187-8WA
Session
2008-09
Related items
Northern Ireland Office: Staff
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Staff Northern Ireland Office Information officers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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