To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) staff, (b) contractor and (c) consultant new and replacement permanent building passes were issued by her Department and its predecessor for London HQ buildings in 2005-06. (114513)

The Department for Communities and Local Government was formed on 5 May 2006 and this reply therefore also relates to its predecessor, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. In the year April 2005 to March 2006 a total of 1,312 new and replacement permanent building passes were issued to staff and a total of 185 new and replacement passes were issued to contractors/consultants in the London HQ buildings. We do not have separate figures for contractors and consultants.