Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2018 to Question 122890, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of renaming his Department in respect of (a) signage, (b) stationery, (c) website, (d) business cards and (e) any other associated costs.

I refer the Rt Hon Member to my answer to the previous question UIN 121624.

The Department is currently in the process of implementing the changes of renaming the Department, and costs are at an estimate stage. Costs pertaining to banners, screens and signs are estimated at £3,900. Other costs for stationery, website and other associated costs are to be confirmed.

Were the Department to have been split as the opposition suggested, costs on these things would be similar or double, although these costs would have been relatively minor in comparison to the vast other costs incurred.