Departmental Information Officers

Mr. Jeremy Browne
To ask the Leader of the House (1) how many (a) press and (b) communications officers her Office employed in each of the last 10 years;

(2) how much her Office paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years.

Ms Harman
Press office services are provided by the Cabinet Office Communication Group.

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office (Mr. Watson) on 29 January 2008, Official Report, column 248W.