The expenditure on water coolers by the Ministry is stated in the following table:
£ 2008-09 Ministry of Justice HQ 1,382 Office of the Public Guardian 6,000 Total 7,382 2007-08 1,364 Ministry of Justice HQ 6,000 Office of the Public Guardian 7,364
HM Courts Service data are not held centrally and can be collated only on a regional basis at disproportionate cost.
Data on water cooler expenditure by the National Offender Management Service are held locally by prisons and probation boards/trusts and can be collated only at disproportionate cost.
The accounting records of the Tribunals Service do not allow for the separate identification of expenditure on water coolers except at disproportionate cost.