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Dept for International Development

Answer

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997. [205607] Mr. Gareth Thomas: DFID has spent the following amounts on furniture in the UK since 1997: £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. New furniture Hired furniture 1997-98 80,322 0 1998-99 189,753 0 1999-2000 213,259 0 2000-01 245,784 0 2001-02 1,224,854 0 2002-03 698,779 0 2003-04 370,180 1,577 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Much of our expenditure on furniture in recent years has been associated with the refurbishment of our main UK buildings (including moving to a new London headquarters at the beginning of 2002), and has been spent on modern, smaller, workstations suited for open plan environments and flexible working arrangements such as hot-desking. All expenditure incurred in the purchase and procurement of services and items is made in accordance with departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on principles set out in Government Accounting.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

205607; 429 c616W;429 c614W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Department for International Development Expenditure Government departments Furniture Leasing Procurement

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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