To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in the last five years; how much has been spent on wallpaper since 2001; and what plans there are for further spending on departmental decoration. (248053)

DEFRA has 230 properties in its portfolio, most of which have minor decorative work carried out as part of ongoing maintenance. These works are not always recorded separately from other associated works.

Gathering the data together would incur a disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spent on works and refurbishment to offices allocated to Ministers in departmental buildings in the last 12 months. (252372)

No works or refurbishments have been carried out in offices allocated to DEFRA Ministers in the last 12 months.