To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in her Department and its agency; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. (312824)

For information concerning how many officials are employed in each layer of management reporting in the latest year for which information is available and the number of management layers, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Tessa Jowell) to the right hon. Member for Horsham (Mr. Maude) on 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 661W.

Information on how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer of management reporting in the latest year for which information is available is detailed in the following table.