Departmental Furniture

Mr. Hoban
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) chairs, (b) desks and (c) other office furnishings have been purchased by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years; and at what cost in each case.

Derek Twigg
The information requested is as follows:

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|                      |Quantity|Cost £ million|Quantity|Cost £ million|Quantity|Cost £ million|Quantity|Cost £ million|Quantity|Cost £ million|
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|Chairs                |29,247  |2.340         |40,602  |3.248         |36,520  |2.922         |29,982  |2.398         |26,667  |2.133         |
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|Desks                 |10,900  |2.834         |21,414  |5.568         |10,108  |2.628         |10,940  |2.844         |9,379   |2.439         |
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|Other office furniture|78,575  |4.715         |86,483  |5.189         |67,733  |4.064         |59,216  |3.553         |52,721  |3.163         |
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These figures include furniture provided for major barracks and Single Living Accommodation investment programmes, but exclude PFI/PPP projects where the furniture is supplied by the Industrial Partner and forms a part of the overall project costs.