Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many desks are in her Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by her Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.

My Department operates from two main offices; one in Belfast and the other in London.

In the Belfast office, there are 117 desks, all of which are owned by the Department.

In the London office, there are 2 desks which are owned by the Department and are used by the Ministerial team. There are also 66 workstations leased at a cost of £86.33 per workstation per year.