The London Daily News

An ex member of the Metropolitan Police's backroom staff has been detained over leaking details of a VIP protection list.

The 27-year-old is being quizzed for allegedly breaking Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act - it is believed the arrest is connected to a Mail on Sunday story reveling the cost of providing round the clock protection.

Bodyguards for former Prime Minister Tony Blair were reported to cost the taxpayer £250,000 a year.

Officers from the Met's internal disciplinary squad, the Directorate of Professional Standards swooped yesterday in central London - he has since been bailed to return on October 29

Police said the man was a former contractor to the Metropolitan Police.

Subsequently, Scotland Yard's Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson has announced a shake-up in the way high-profile figures were protected by the force.