Written question WQ84137

Asked by: Janet Finch-SaundersConservativeMember for Aberconwy
To be answered by: Minister for Finance and Local Government
Tabled: 23 December 2021
Due: 5 January 2022
Answered: 7 January 2022
Time to answer: 15 days2 days after the due date

Question

Will the Minister state how much funding the Welsh Government has spent on equipment for staff working at home in 2020/21 and 2021/22 separately?

Answer

Answered by First Minister (Mark Drakeford)

The table below shows the year-by-year spend on equipment provided to staff working at home during 2020/21 and 2021/22.

FY 2020-21

FY 2021-22 (to Dec 2021)

ICT Small Purchases

£216,427.29

£32,712.96

Office Equipment

£115,475.62

£19,303.97

Furniture

£322,197.99

£142,369.74

Total spend

£654,100.90

£194,386.67

Notes:

• FY 2021/22 data is partial and includes expenditure to December 2021.

• Specialist equipment and standard chairs were collected from offices and are therefore not valued in the above.

• A stock of chairs for use within offices was replenished in December 2021; these costs are not included.

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