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Written question asked by Lord Palmer (Crossbench) on Thursday, 17 October 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 31 October 2019. It was answered by Lord Laming (Crossbench) on Wednesday, 30 October 2019 on behalf of the Senior Deputy Speaker (HL).


House of Lords: Restaurants

Question

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the cost of this year's refurbishment of the House of Lords' River Restaurant.

Answer

The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chair of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf. A full refurbishment of the seating area, fridges and payment stands in the River Restaurant was carried out in September and October 2019. The new design has increased the number of available seats by four and improved the accessibility and flow of the area.

The costs for this project are laid out below:

Enabling and redecoration works: £35,000

Equipment and fittings: £83,207

Total Cost of Project: £118,207


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL216
Session
2019-19
Subjects
Costs House of Lords Repairs and maintenance Restaurants
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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