To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost to his Department was of provision of office facilities to (a) special advisers and (b) press officers in the 2008-09 financial year. (302976)

The cost of provision of office facilities to special advisers and press officers in 2008-09 was as follows:

Costs include an appropriate share of rent, business rates, service charges, utilities maintenance and accommodation management charges.