\author{David J. Benson} \address{Institute of Mathematics, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK} \author{Karin Erdmann} \address{Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3LB, UK} \title{Hochschild cohomology of Hecke algebras} \thanks{This research was partly supported by EPSRC grant EP/D077656/1.} \begin{document} \begin{abstract} We compute the Hochschild cohomology $\HH^*(B)$ of an arbitrary block $B$ of the Hecke algebra $\cH=\cH(n,q)$ of the symmetric group $\fS_n$ at a primitive $\ell$th root of unity $q$, over a field of characteristic zero. \end{abstract}