To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost to his Department of employing press office staff other than press officers has been in each year since 1997. (283084)

The following table shows the cost to the Northern Ireland Office, including the Public Prosecution Service Northern Ireland and excluding its agencies and NDPBs, of employing press office staff other than press officers in each year since 1999 to 2000.

Financial records are not available for the years before 1999 to 2000.