To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost to her Department was of provision of that office facilities to (a) special advisers and (b) press officers in the 2008-09 financial year. (302961)

DWP special advisers are based in London and the annual cost of providing serviced office accommodation was £38,220 in 2008-09.

The cost of providing serviced accommodation for DWP press office and support staff in London, the regions, Scotland and Wales, was £233,914 in 2008-09. DWP press office carried out work on behalf of the Department, Jobcentre Plus, the Pensions, Disability and Carers Service and the Child Support Agency (now Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission).