Question follow-through · 9612
Ministry of Defence: Ministers' Private Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in his Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was spent.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2024 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Ministry of Defence: Buildings · 6 Nov 2024
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in his Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was spent.
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Nov 2024
Answer published
There has been no expenditure on new furniture and fittings, or other refurbishment of the Ministerial offices in Ministry of Defence Main Building since the dissolution of the last Parliament on 30 May 2024.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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