To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last three years. (312452)

The information requested is as follows:

(a) A central record of expenditure under the heading ‘new furnishings' is not kept by the Department for International Development (DFID). This information cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate costs.

(b) Works of art displayed in DFID are from the Government Art Collection (GAC), which publishes an annual list of acquisitions. Details of acquisitions made by the GAC are available on the GAC website:

http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/information/publications.asp

(c) DFID spent £1,241,000 in 2006-7, £708,000 in 2007-08 and £1,071,000 in 2008-09 on vehicles. These figures have been extracted from our audited annual Resource Accounts and include expenditure oversees and in the UK.