The cost of furniture purchased by the Department since 2001-02 is as follows:
£ 2001-02 113,000 2002-03 76,000 2003-04 46,743 2004-05 149,097 2005-06 514,155 2006-07 1,074,555 2007-08 675,018
The Department does not currently keep a record of itemised purchases so are unable to break down the figures as requested, though the vast majority of furniture is obtained by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) framework main contracted supplier, Kinnarps, who are Swedish based. The Department does not hold figures for earlier than 2001-02.