(2) how many people over the age of 55 years have been recruited by his office in each of the last three years.
The Deputy Prime Minister
The latest available figures are taken at 31 December 2005, for which I refer the hon. Member to the answers given on 26 June 2006, Official Report, column 127W by the Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government My hon. Friend the Member for Basildon (Angela E. Smith).