To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many of his Department's staff have been allocated to work on Crossrail in each year since 2000. (295161)

Records are not kept in the specific format required to derive the answer to this question. However, the following table provides details of the approximate number of departmental staff from the Department for Transport and relevant Departments prior to its establishment in 2002, who worked primarily on Crossrail at some point during each year since 2000 based on best estimates:

The figures shown do not include staff numbers from Transport for London, the Department for Transport's co-sponsor in the scheme, or at Crossrail Limited (formerly Cross London Rail Links), the Project Delivery Body.