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Dept for Constitutional Affairs

Answer

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997. [205608] Mr. Lammy: My Department has spent the following amounts on furniture in the last 4 years. No central figures are held from prior to 2001 and to obtain them would incur a disproportionate cost. Further, this response is based on the DCA HQ Estate and associated offices only since the Court Service is unable to gather this information without disproportionate cost. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. New furniture Hired furniture 2001-2002 527,000 0 2002-2003 640,000 0 2003-2004 1,719,000 0 2004-20051 775,000 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 To December 2004 For the purposes of this question, furniture has been assumed to include: desks, chairs, pedestals, conference furniture, cupboards, general office storage and high density and mobile storage. The question has been answered in accordance with Cabinet Office Round Robin Guidance (issued 5 January. 2005).

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

205608; 429 c566W;429 c564W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Expenditure Government departments Furniture Leasing Procurement Department for Constitutional Affairs

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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