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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997. - Including table and figures.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 December 2004

For answer on

3 March 2005

Answered on

3 March 2005

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997. [205606] Maria Eagle: DWP was formed in June 2001 from the former Department of Social Security (DSS) and parts of the former Department for Education and Employment, including the Employment Service (ES). Information on the cost of purchasing new furniture is in the table. DWP purchases of furniture and fittings _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ 1997-98 7,335,000 1998-99 14,341,000 1999-2000 1,239,000 2000-01 636,000 2001-02 11,373,000 2002-03 3,780,000 2003-04 1,398,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Figures for the period prior to June 2001 refer to the former DSS and ES. DSS entered into a 20-year PFI Partnership Agreement from 1 April 1998 for the provision of fully serviced accommodation for the former DSS estate. The agreement included the hire of furniture, the cost of which is not separately identifiable. During 2003-04, the agreement was extended to cover all Jobcentre Plus properties. All expenditure incurred in the purchase and procurement of services and items is made in accordance with the departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on principles set out in Government accounting.

Date

3 March 2005

Reference

205606; 431 c1395-6W;431 c1389W

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997. - Inc table.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 December 2004

For answer on

1 March 2005

Answered on

1 March 2005

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997. [205616] Mr. Rammell: The Department has spent the following amount on new furniture, including freight costs and domestic equipment, since 1997: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million 1997-98 17.7 1998-99 14.9 1999-2000 17.7 2000-01 16.0 2001-02 15.0 2002-03 13.0 2003-04 10.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Department does not normally hire furniture for permanent use. The costs of hiring furniture for temporary use cannot be separately identified.

Date

1 March 2005

Reference

431 c1049-50W;431 c1046W; 205616

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997. - Disproportinate cost.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 February 2005

Reference

431 c971W;431 c967W; 205590

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997. - Inc figure.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 February 2005

Reference

205620; 430 c1129W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent by her Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997. - Including fact that hired furniture would be a minute fraction of the total number of items.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 February 2005

Reference

205605; 430 c1020-1W

House

House of Commons

Scotland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Scotland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 February 2005

Reference

205613; 430 c946W

House

House of Commons

Scotland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Scotland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 February 2005

Reference

205593; 430 c945-6W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997. - The information requested is not held centrally and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 January 2005

Reference

430 c379-80W;430 c379W; 205615

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997. - The information requested is not held centrally and...

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 January 2005

Reference

205591; 430 c380W;430 c379W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997. - Information is not collected separately from other expenditure figures.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 January 2005

Reference

205621; 430 c294W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997. - Inc table and fact to info involves disproportionate cost.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 December 2004

For answer on

24 January 2005

Answered on

24 January 2005

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997. [205588] Yvette Cooper: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was established in May 2002. Since that date the following has been spent on the provision and maintenance of indoor and outdoor plants. The figures include VAT. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Government Office Network May 2002 to March 2003 (a) Indoor hired and maintained 16,300 38,100 (b) Indoor bought 6,600 0 (c) Outdoor hired and maintained 0 200 (d) Outdoor bought 20 0 April 2003 to March 2004 (a) Indoor hired and maintained 17,800 32,200 (b) Indoor bought 80 22,700 (c) Outdoor hired and maintained 0 766 (d) Outdoor bought 0 1,800 April to November 2004 (a) Indoor hired and maintained 15,200 32,800 (b) Indoor bought 4,000 20,000 (c) Outdoor hired and maintained 0 800 (d) Outdoor bought 0 300 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All expenditure incurred in the purchase and procurement of these services and items has been made in accordance with the departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on principles set out in Government Accounting. Although the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has overall responsibility for the buildings occupied by Government Offices, they carry out functions on behalf of 10 Government Departments. The information for agencies is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Date

24 January 2005

Reference

205588; 430 c193-4W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent by her Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997. - Inc table and figures.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 January 2005

Reference

205597; 430 c74W

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much her Department spent on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997. - Inc table.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 January 2005

Reference

205624; 429 c767W;429 c771-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

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.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 January 2005

Reference

205609; 429 c814W;429 c818W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997. - Inc figures and fact that info involves disproportionate cost.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 January 2005

Reference

205617; 429 c708W;429 c706W

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997. - Inc table.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 December 2004

For answer on

13 January 2005

Answered on

13 January 2005

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997. [205585] Mr. Gareth Thomas: Amounts spent on plants by DFID over the period in question are as follows: £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Indoor purchased Outdoor purchased Indoor hired Outdoor hired 1997-98 0 0 0 0 1998-99 1,758 0 0 0 1999-2000 2,049 2,538 0 0 2000-01 3,203 0 0 0 2001-02 63,785 0 270 0 2002-03 10,198 141 0 0 2003-04 16,198 0 0 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Expenditure in 2001-02 was primarily due to refurbishment of our new Palace Street London headquarters, which included purchase of plants. 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.

Date

13 January 2005

Reference

205585; 429 c615-6W;429 c613-4W

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

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. - Inc table.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 December 2004

For answer on

13 January 2005

Answered on

13 January 2005

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.

Date

13 January 2005

Reference

205607; 429 c616W;429 c614W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997. - Inc table.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 December 2004

For answer on

13 January 2005

Answered on

13 January 2005

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997. [205595] Mr. Pearson: There was no expenditure by the Northern Ireland Office on the purchase or hire of plants prior to 2001. In 2001 the Department assumed responsibility for the maintenance of the grounds at Hillsborough Castle. The total amount spent by the Northern Ireland Office on the purchase and hire of indoor and outdoor plants for each calendar since 2001 is detailed. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ 2001 6,246.23 2002 13,704.00 2003 4,376.62 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. It was not possible to extract from our records which plants were intended for indoor use and which for outdoor. Nor was it possible to separate expenditure between buying or hiring plants. This answer relates only to the Northern Ireland Office and does not include information in respect of the eleven departments of the Northern Ireland Administration.

Date

13 January 2005

Reference

205595; 429 c654W;429 c652W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Constitutional Affairs

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997. - Including table.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 January 2005

Reference

205598; 429 c566W;429 c564W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Constitutional Affairs

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. - Including table.

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 December 2004

For answer on

12 January 2005

Answered on

12 January 2005

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).

Date

12 January 2005

Reference

205608; 429 c566W;429 c564W

House

House of Commons

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