To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 24 March 2009, Official Report, column 197W, on departmental conditions of employment; how many civil servants in his Department have worked on the flexible benefits project; at what grades such staff were employed; and what the cost to date of employing the civil servants working on the flexible benefits project is. (270042)

The Department does not maintain records of the time spent by individual civil servants on this project as it is in addition to their other duties. Any significant resources have been provided by contractors within the overall budget allocation for this project.