Question follow-through · 24442
Official Residences: Furniture
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of the Prime Ministerial residence in Downing Street since 22 May 2024; and on what items this was spent.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 16 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jan 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of the Prime Ministerial residence in Downing Street since 22 May 2024; and on what items this was spent.
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jan 2025
Answer published
Any associated costs would be detailed in the next Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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