The expenditure on furniture by the Ministry in the financial year 2008-09 is listed in the following table.
£ Ministry of Justice HQ 6,098,821 HM Courts Service 1,508,010 Tribunals Service 91,657 Office of the Public Guardian 14,000 National Offenders Management Service 445,430 Total 8,157,918
The figure for the National Offender Management Service does not include the 42 local probation boards and trusts. Information on the costs of furniture is held locally and can be collated only at disproportionate cost.
Furniture is typically used for a period of 20 years within the Department. Major acquisitions usually occur only where a new building is taken on following the expiry of building leases. The majority of headquarters expenditure relates to the move to a new headquarters building as part of a major rationalisation of the Ministry’s London estate.
The reduction in the number of buildings occupied in central London, increased capacity of the building and move to flexible workspace in 102 Petty France will in future save an estimated £10 million a year. This move will enable more effective working and the reduction of the size and cost of the London estate.