To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much (a) his private office and (b) his Department’s press office cost to run in each of the last five years. (132918)

Information on the Treasury’s administration costs is published in the resource accounts and the departmental report each year, available from http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/about/about_index.cfm The 2006-07 annual report and accounts, combining the two documents, was published on 4 June.