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Ministry of Justice: Ministers' Private Offices

Asked by Sir Ashley FoxConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 31 October 2024UIN 9269

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in her Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was spent.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones

The Ministry of Justice’s total cost spent on refurbishments to ministerial private offices, including new furniture and fittings, over this period is £13,314.73, of which £12,578.31 was for painting, installation of new electrical sockets, reconfiguration of existing furniture, removing TV cabling from a wall to move to another room and other redecoration works. The remaining was spent on a new chair, a freezer, two bookcases, and three standing mirrors.

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