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date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) accommodation, (b) taxis or private cars and (c) alcoholic beverages in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	204861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions incurred expenditure in the following categories in the financial year 2013/14:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>A</p></td><td><p>Accommodation/Hotels</p></td><td><p>£7,645,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B</p></td><td><p>Taxis</p></td><td><p>£1,312,894</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>C</p></td><td><p>Alcoholic beverages</p></td><td><p>Not available. Please see below note</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>c) The provision of alcoholic drinks at public expense may be provided only in exceptional circumstances with the express, prior, written permission of specific named senior civil servants. As the purchase of alcohol is exceptional, there is no separate finance code to identify this spend and therefore this information can only be provided at disproportionate costs to the Department.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/07/2014 16:42:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

76961

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) mobile telephones, (b) tablet computers and (c) office furniture in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	204974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>(a) The Department for Work &amp; Pensions (DWP) has spent £121,699 on mobile phones during 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>(b) DWP has spent £21,378 on tablet computers during 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>(c) DWP occupies the majority of its estate under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) known as the PRIME Contract.</p><p> </p><p>Under this PFI, the Department leases back fully serviced accommodation from its private sector partner Telereal Trillium. The Department pays an inclusive unitary price for the space occupied, which includes the provision of office furniture.</p><p> </p><p>However, for those buildings and furniture requirements outside of the scope of the PFI contract, the Department's spend (in the financial year (2013/14) was £608,000.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/07/2014 16:38:17 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant