To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 9 October 2006, Official Report, column 370W to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove), on EU Interreg III, how many full-time equivalent staff within her Department work on EU Interreg III. (95809)

Six full-time equivalent staff currently work in the Department on the Interreg 111 programmes, covering work on the existing programmes and work on the new programmes which replace Interreg 111 in 2007.

In addition, nine full-time equivalent staff work in the Government Office for the South East on the current Interreg 111A programme.