To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 8 October 2008, Official Report, columns 696-97W, on cultural heritage: pay, how much his Department spent on salaries for staff working on heritage in each year since 1997 (a) in 2007-08 prices and (b) as a percentage of total expenditure on staff salaries by his Department. (227208)

The table lists the departmental expenditure on salaries of staff responsible for heritage issues such as quality of architectural design and identification and conservation of the historic environment (a) in 2007-08 prices and (b) as a percentage of the Department's total staff salaries.