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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the additional recruitment recorded in his Department's Exceptions to spending controls: recruitment, January to March 2018, published on 25 October 2018, what is the (a) additional annual cost of that recruitment and (b) division of additional staff between departmental directorates.

The information requested is not held centrally and could only be collated at disproportionate cost.