asked the Minister for Energy the number of personnel within his Department whose sole or primary function is dealing with constituency inquiries on his behalf from 1976 to 1989.
Written Answers. - Departmental Staff on Constituency Work.
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The Department of Energy was not set up until January 1980. The figures for before 1980 are included in the returns of the Department of Industry and Commerce and the number of such officers for each of the years since then was: 1980,3; 1981, 4; 1982, 5; 1983, 4; 1984-85, 6; 1986, 7; 1987-88-89,6.