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Department of Health and Social Care: Ministers' Private Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 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 sp

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 16 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 21 Oct 2024
Answer: 4 Nov 2024 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

16 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 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 sp
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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4 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Department has not spent any money on new furniture, fittings, or refurbishment of ministerial offices since the dissolution of the last Parliament.

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