To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many press officers her Department has employed in each year since its establishment. (227433)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 18 February 2008, Official Report, column 14W to the hon. Member for Taunton (Mr. Browne).

The Department’s press officers are listed in The White Book, published by COI, which is available in the Library of the House. The book is updated twice yearly.