should the assistants be expected to remember the figures though , surely they should have a competent assistant who has all the figures index, and is able to provide them with the figure in a very timely fashion.
No, no one should remember any figures, it's not a memory test.
But with an excel spreadsheet with the numbers in, the relevant figure could be found very quickly. Then they can give this to the politician.
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should the assistants be expected to remember the figures though , surely they should have a competent assistant who has all the figures index, and is able to provide them with the figure in a very timely fashion.