Question follow-through · 9605

Prime Minister: Ministers' Private Offices

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in 10 Downing Street since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was spent.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
21 Oct 2024
Answer
31 Oct 2024 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in 10 Downing Street since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was spent.

  2. 21 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 31 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    For management and staffing purposes the Prime Minister’s Office is a business unit of the Cabinet Office. No expenditure has been made since the dissolution of Parliament.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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