To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many (a) marketing officers, (b) communications officers and (c) press officers are employed in his Department; and what the total expenditure on communications for his Department was on (i) Government Information and Communication Service staff and (ii) other (A) press officers, (B) special advisers and (C) staff in the last year for which figures are available. (104360)

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given to the hon. Member for North-East Hertfordshire (Mr. Heald) on 26 October 2006, Official Report, column 2081W. For information relating to the period prior to 5 May 2006, I refer the hon. Gentleman to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.