To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people entered post at each grade of the Senior Civil Service in his Department (a) on promotion from within and (b) on recruitment from outside his Department in each year since January 2005. (322711)

This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many grade 2 civil servants are employed in his Department. (324956)

[holding answer 29 March 2010]: There are six directors general (SCS pay band 3) civil servants employed in the Department.