Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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.

Core Defra has 1528 office desks in its main buildings at Nobel House and 9 Millbank, London, all of which are owned by the Department.