To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many (a) marketing officers, (b) communications officers and (c) press officers are employed in her Department; and what the total expenditure on communications for her 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. (104366)

The central communications team in DCA HQ includes 16 press officers and seven marketing officers. The Government Communication Network does not identify separate specialisms as communications or promotional officers.

While this team does not hold a centralised budget for communications programmes, it managed expenditure on external communications of around £2,450,000 between August 2005 and July 2006 on behalf of DCA HQ colleagues. It is not yet possible to provide annual figures for 2006-07.

The GICS has been replaced by the GCN.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what procedure is followed in respect of complaints against (a) her Department's (i) Permanent Secretary, (ii) ministerial correspondence unit staff, (iii) staff handling complaints, (iv) other staff and (v) consultants, (b) the Director of Judicial Offices for England and Wales, (c) other staff of the Judicial Offices for England and Wales, (d) the Chief Executive of the Office for Criminal Justice Reform, (e) other staff in the Office for Criminal Justice Reform, (f) the Chairman of the Legal Services Commission, (g) Board members of the Legal Services Commission, (h) other staff at the Legal Services Commission, (i) the Chief Executive of HM Courts Service and (j) other staff at HM Courts Service; what the timescale is for dealing with each such complaint; and what the grade should be of the staff dealing with complaints in each case. (104722)

The information about these procedures is not held centrally. I will write to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many temporary employees were contracted to work for her Department in 2005-06; and what the total cost of such employees was in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 1997-98. (106697)

My Department has contracted with Kelly Services Ltd. for the provision of agency staff since 2001. In 2005-06, the average number of agency staff supplied by Kelly Services Ltd. to my Department was 722.

(a) Expenditure with Kelly Services Ltd. in 2005-06 was £10,465,205.

(b) Prior to 2001, expenditure relating to agency staff was not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Information relating to agency staff supplied through employment agencies other than Kelly Services Ltd. is not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.