No. 10 Downing Street

HC Deb 22 April 1988 vol 131 c612W

Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his reply of 14 April,Official Report, column 232, if he will give a breakdown of the expenditure on (a) furnishings and (b) decoration at No. 10 Downing street in 1987–88, for all items of over £500.

Mr. Chope

Up to 31 March 1988 expenditure in 1987–88 on furnishings and decorations at No. 10 Downing street for all items over £500 was as follows :

	£
(a) Furnishings
Glass-fronted bookcase	500.16
Re-upholstery	727.85
Re-covering settee	731.99
Berber carpet	560.44
(b) Decorations
Internal decorations	2,300
Internal decorations	4,133.07