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Written question asked by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 June 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 June 2008. It was answered by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Monday, 29 September 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Departmental Furniture

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) chairs, (b) desks and (c) other office furnishings have been purchased by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years; and at what cost in each case.
Answer

The information requested is as follows:

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Quantity Cost £ million Quantity Cost £ million Quantity Cost £ million Quantity Cost £ million Quantity Cost £ million
Chairs 29,247 2.340 40,602 3.248 36,520 2.922 29,982 2.398 26,667 2.133
Desks 10,900 2.834 21,414 5.568 10,108 2.628 10,940 2.844 9,379 2.439
Other office furniture 78,575 4.715 86,483 5.189 67,733 4.064 59,216 3.553 52,721 3.163

These figures include furniture provided for major barracks and Single Living Accommodation investment programmes, but exclude PFI/PPP projects where the furniture is supplied by the Industrial Partner and forms a part of the overall project costs.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
479 c2438W; 211769
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Furniture Ministry of Defence
Link
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