Department for Communities and Local Government: Office Repainting
House of Lords
Written answers and statements, 20 October 2009
Lord Bates (- Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Communities and Local Government), Shadow Minister; Conservative)
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost of repainting the private office of Ms Hazel Blears upon her resignation as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
Lord McKenzie of Luton (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (also in the Department for Communities and Local Government), Department for Communities and Local Government; Labour)
Departmental officials asked for this work to be done before a new Secretary of State was appointed. It cost £287.36 (excluding VAT) to repaint the inner walls of the Secretary of State's private office.