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Written question asked by John Baron (Conservative) on Monday, 12 January 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 14 January 2009. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Thursday, 29 January 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Departmental Buildings

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in the last five years; how much has been spent on wallpaper since 2001; and what plans there are for further spending on departmental decoration.
Answer

The Department and its executive agencies, the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency and Medical and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has spent the following sums on maintaining, decorating, and otherwise improving departmental buildings.

£
2003-04 4,135,299
2004-05 6,773,772
2005-06 7,418,915
2006-07 5,679,138
2007-08 3,953,125

It is not possible to separate out the costs of maintaining, decorating and improving buildings.There has been no expenditure on wallpaper since 2001.Future plans for redecoration are aligned with our overall capital works programme, which is currently under review. Planned expenditure for 2008-09 is £2,343,600.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
487 c748W; 248055
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Buildings Department of Health
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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