Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.

Since 1998 the Department for Work and Pensions occupies the majority of its accommodation under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) known as the PRIME Contract.

Under the terms of this PFI, the Department leases back fully serviced accommodation from its private sector partner Telereal Trillium. We pay an all-inclusive unitary price, known as the Facility Price (FP), for all our furniture, fixtures, equipment and services provided, including televisions.

There were however, televisions supplied to the Department which fell outside the scope of the contract price; the costs of which are detailed below:

(a) 2013 - two televisions at a cost of £487;

(b) 2014 to date - four televisions at cost of £1,076.