To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 19 June 2006, Official Report, column 1599W, on Ministers’ offices, which Ministers who previously had offices in 26 Whitehall when part of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister moved to Eland House following the creation of the Department of Communities and Local Government. (82950)

My hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Planning (Yvette Cooper) and my noble Friend Baroness Andrews moved from 26 Whitehall to offices in Eland House following the creation of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 19 June 2006, Official Report, column 1599W, on Ministers’ offices, who occupies the offices in 26 Whitehall which were previously occupied by Ministers within the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. (82951)

The offices in 26 Whitehall previously occupied by my hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Planning (Yvette Cooper) and my noble Friend Baroness Andrews are currently empty pending decisions on reassignment.