To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2008, Official Report, column 38W, on departmental electronic equipment, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on (i) flat screen televisions, (ii) DVD players and (iii) stereo equipment since December 2008. (289171)

The core-Department’s financial system records expenditure of £18,024 on flat screen televisions since December 2008. No expenditure is recorded for DVD players and stereo equipment. Expenditure on electronic equipment by DEFRA’s agencies is not recorded centrally outside of the core-Department’s financial system and the information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.