Question follow-through · 17907

Department for Business and Trade: Remote Working

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.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
9 Dec 2024
Answer
9 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 9 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Expenditure on computer monitors purchased under the Department’s Home Working Equipment Policy between 01 January – 30 November 2024 is as follows: MonthNumber of monitors purchasedCostJanuary27£4,783.19February20£3,392.00March30£5,177.60April30£5,173.60...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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