Departmental Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Rochford and Southend East (James Duddridge) of 6 October 2008, Official Report, column 11W, on departmental procurement, what the monetary value of the expenditure undertaken in 2007-08 for goods or supplies was from (a) Bell Decorating Group, (b) ASM Locksmiths Ltd, (c) Celtic Manor Resort Limited, (d) Dentons Catering Equipment Limited, (e) John Lewis plc and (f) the Scottish Storytelling Centre; and what the purpose of the expenditure was in each case. (233389)

The information is as follows:

Supplier	Purpose of expenditure	Expenditure (£)
ASM Locksmiths, London	Lock repair	88.12
Bell Decorating, Edinburgh	Internal decoration of Melville Crescent premises	6,012.48
Celtic Manor Resort, South Wales	Overnight accommodation	435.00
Dentons Catering Equipment, London	Purchase of catering trolley	306.68
John Lewis	Purchase of kettles and television sets	2,111.90
Scottish Story Telling Centre, Edinburgh	Grant towards the production of “Identities: Tales of the United Kingdom”. This involved a grant towards a children's competition to celebrate 300 anniversary of the Union	11,900.00

Volume 482: debated on Wednesday 5 November 2008