This is the first year that a Ministry of Justice Christmas card has been produced by our print room. To date, 6,000 have been ordered at a cost of 34 pence each, totalling £2,040. These cards are not centrally funded, and business areas will cover the costs of the cards they have ordered from their stationery budgets.
It is not possible to get information for previous years’ spend on Christmas cards as these will have been ordered by each business area separately, and will be recorded in the Department’s accounts under “stationery”.
Christmas parties are not funded by the Department. Staff will contribute to the cost of Christmas parties themselves, contributions will be made by senior staff, or awards will be made through reward and recognition in line with departmental guidelines.
The cost of trees and decorations for the central London HQ buildings is as follows:
2007
Trees—£460.40 plus VAT
Decorations—£325.90 plus VAT
2003-06
Records were not kept for these years, however due to a change in our financial record keeping this information is now documented.
Archway Tower
2006
Trees, decorations and labour—£809.00 plus VAT
2005
Trees, decorations and labour—£966.00 plus VAT
2003-04
Records not kept beyond this date.
Conquest House
No money has been spent on Christmas trees and decorations since 2002.
Chancery Lane
Nil response due to no records kept.
The information for agencies can only be gathered at a disproportionate cost, as each building would order its own trees and decorations.