Written question asked by Lord Pickles (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2003. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Thursday, 20 November 2003 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been spent on (a) purchasing commissioned and (b) hiring art work by (i) his Ministerial office, (ii) other ministerial offices within his Department, (iii) non-departmental bodies, (iv) executive agencies and (v) his Department since May 2002. - Inc figure.

Answer: Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much has been spent on (a) purchasing commissioned and (b) hiring art work by (i) his Ministerial office, (ii) other ministerial offices within his Department, (iii) non-departmental bodies, (iv) executive agencies and (v) his Department since May 2002. [138120] Yvette Cooper: As with previous Administrations, Government Departments are supplied Art work by the Government Art Collection (GAC) on a loan basis. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has not spent any money hiring art work or purchasing commissioned art work. The information requested for executive agencies, Government Offices and Non Departmental Bodies is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 138120; 413 c1288W;413 c1284W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Executive agencies Artworks Expenditure Government departments Procurement Loans Non-departmental public bodies Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Government Art Collection Ministers' private offices
Contains statistics: Yes
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