Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the October 2025 publication of FCDO spending on government procurement cards over £500, a) what furniture was bought from SOHO HOME LTD for £28,979.00 and b) where the furniture will be located within the FCDO Estate.

The expenditure in question was not subject to direct ministerial approval, but I am informed that it related to furnishings for representational areas within the UK's mission at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, and will be reused across the representational areas of our overseas estate over the course of their lifespan.