To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many ministerial red boxes his Department bought in each of the last five years; what the cost of each was; who the suppliers were: and what tendering process was used in selecting them. (150476)

Ministerial boxes are used by successive Ministers over many years. There were two ministerial red boxes purchased in 2006, see following table. The ministerial boxes were ordered via Banner Business Supplies Ltd. contract, therefore no tendering process was used in selecting the supplier.