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Written Parliamentary Question 24th May

Health:Departments:Ministerial Red Boxes

Q:To ask the Secretary of State for Health

(1) how many ministerial red boxes her Department bought in each of the last five years; and how much each cost;

(2) what tendering process is used to decide which company supplies ministerial red boxes to her Department.


A:The Department orders red boxes from Banner Business Supplies as and when they are needed. Ministerial boxes are used by successive Ministers over many years. Ivan Lewis (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health)

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