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Department for Business and Trade: Remote Working

Asked by Andrew GriffithConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 9 December 2024UIN 17907

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many computer monitors his Department has provided to (a) Ministers and (b) officials for home working since 5 July 2024; and what the cost to public purse was.

Answered by Justin Madders

Expenditure on computer monitors purchased under the Department’s Home Working Equipment Policy between 01 January – 30 November 2024 is as follows:

Month

Number of monitors purchased

Cost

January

27

£4,783.19

February

20

£3,392.00

March

30

£5,177.60

April

30

£5,173.60

May

22

£3,561.93

June

25

£4,362.10

July

24

£3,996.40

August

27

£4,498.02

September

39

£6,569.56

October

64

£9,709.52

November

45

£7,125.42

Grand Total

353

£58,349.34

No computer monitors have been purchased for Ministers under this policy.

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