asked the Secretary of State for Energy how much his Department has spent on office furniture, curtains and carpets and office decorating in each of the last five years.

[pursuant to his reply, 21 October 1985, c. 23]: Prior to 1983–84, these goods and services were provided to Departments on an allied services basis by the Property Services Agency.Expenditure is not formally recorded by the classifications requested but was approximately:

	1983–84 £000	1984–85£000
Furniture	99	38
Curtains and Carpets	2	11
Office Decorating	122	5

The 1983–84 figures included expenditure on the first major redecoration and refurbishing of the Department's headquarters building in 10 years.