The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills was created on 5 June. Figures are not available for BIS but are available for the former Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI).
The total staffing costs for Press Office staff for the former BERR, DIUS and DTI are:
£ 2008-09 BERR 1,080,000 DIUS 766,000 2007/08 DTI/BERR 1,261,000 2006/07 DTI 1,023,000 2005/06 DTI 992,000 2004/05 DTI 871,000
Figures for earlier years for the DTI and a breakdown of costs for press officers and non-press officers could be provided only at disproportionate costs.