Written question asked by George Osborne (Conservative) on Tuesday, 14 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 January 2005. It was answered by Stephen Twigg (Labour) on Monday, 17 January 2005 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent by her Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much has been spent by her Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997. [205609] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The cost of furniture spent in my Department in each year since 1997 is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ 1997-98 2,189,057 1998-99 677,873 1999-2000 967,415 2000-01 2,201,357 2001-02 2,640,728 2002-03 1,167,656 2003-04 2,185,628 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Unfortunately the information cannot be split between new furniture and hired furniture.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 205609; 429 c814W;429 c818W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Expenditure Government departments Furniture Leasing Procurement Department for Education and Skills
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk