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Written Question
Take-away Food
Wednesday 3rd December 2014

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The Department for Education does not hold information centrally that would enable the identification of expenditure on take-away food for staff.


Written Question
Art Works
Thursday 27th November 2014

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in her Department since May 2010.

Answered by Sam Gyimah

The Government Art Collection covers the cost of transporting, installing and removing works of art in government departments, except in particular circumstances.

The breakdown of this information by Department is not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Incinerators: Health Hazards
Tuesday 1st April 2014

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

The Department for Education is currently undertaking a review of the check-off union subscription provision.