To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many plasma television screens have been purchased by his Department and its agencies, and at what cost, in the last 24 months. (191083)

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) delegates budgets for such equipment to individual internal departments and does not hold a centralised record of such purchases. The information could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Standard FCO guidance applies to the purchase of plasma television screens. This is based on achieving value for money.