Departmental Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department has spent on security in each year since 1997. (225675)

The amount spent on security since December 2005 is detailed as follows. Information prior to December 2005 is not available.

£
	Security guarding	Equipment, hardware and maintenance
December 2005 to March 2006	197,880	4,609
April 2006 to March 2007	642,945	31,427
April 2007 to March 2008	528,170	109,887

In 2007-08 the Department upgraded its CCTV and security systems.

Volume 480: debated on Wednesday 15 October 2008