Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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.

The Department for Education has 1,493 desks in its main building, Sanctuary Buildings. The desks are owned by the Department.

The Department has significantly reduced the number of desks it uses in Sanctuary Buildings and across its wider estate, through sub-letting desk space to others and by employing a 7:10 desk ratio (7 desks for every 10 members of staff).