To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each year since establishment. (182526)

The Department for Children, Schools and Families was established in June 2007 and employs the full-time equivalent of 20.5 press officers and 68.4 communication officers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. (182713)

The Department was created on 28 June 2007. The first bonuses are due to be paid on 1 April 2008.