HC Deb 20 March 2002 vol 382 c331W
Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the companies from which his Department has obtained timber and wood products and the total spent with each firm over the last five years. [43405]

Ruth Kelly

The Treasury"s main supplier of timber and wood products in Kinnarps (UK) Ltd who provide office furniture. The total spend for the past five years is as follows:

£
1997–98 67,462
1998–99 102,845
1999–2000 207,670
2000–01 36,689
2001–02 107,138

This represents the major procurement of timber and wood products by the Department. There may have been other items purchased containing timber or wood but the information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.