To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department's agencies spent on furniture in each of the last five years. (273767)

The Department's expenditure on furniture and fittings can be found in Note 14 (Tangible Fixed Assets) to the Home Office Resource Accounts which are published annually. The latest published figures are for the year 2007-08 which can be found at the Department's website:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/resource-accounts-07-08

The Stationery Office publication references for the Resource Accounts for previous years are:

Home Office Resource Accounts 2006/07 (HC 1006);

Home Office Resource Accounts 2005/06 (HC 124);

Home Office Resource Accounts 2004/05 (HC 826).

The Home Office 2008-09 Resource Accounts will be available in July.

The expenditure incurred by Criminal Records Bureau and Identity and Passport Service can be found in their published annual reports and accounts which can be obtained from the Stationery Office.