§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much his Department has spent on office furniture, curtains and carpets and office decoration in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerPrior to 1983–84 Departments were not charged separately for office furniture, curtains and carpets, nor for maintenance work undertaken by PSA on their estates.
For 1983–84 and 1984–85 the information for DOE Central is as follows:
Supplies Items £ Office Decoration £ 1983–84 *920,658 † 1984–85 *1,123,382 † Notes:
* Expenditure on supplies, which includes office furniture curtains and carpets, is not separately itemised.
†It is not possible to separate the cost of office decoration from other maintenance work.
The information for the rest of the Department is not readily available.