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Written question asked by Madeleine Moon (Labour) on Thursday, 11 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 December 2008. It was answered by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Thursday, 18 December 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Departmental Furniture

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent by his Department on furniture made by (a) British firms, (b) Remploy and (c) overseas firms in each year since 2000.
Answer

The information requested is set out in the following table:

£ million
Financial year
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
British firms 13.4 15.3 18.5 18.1 15.4 13.7
Remploy 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Overseas firms 7.5 7.7 9.3 9.7 8.2 6.7

The figures exclude PFI/PPP projects where the furniture is supplied by the industrial partner and forms a part of the overall project costs. Data are not held prior to financial year 2002-03.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
485 c966W; 244343
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Furniture Ministry of Defence
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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