Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many ministerial red (a) boxes and (b) folders were in use by her Department as of 1 February bearing the inscription (i) Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (ii) Department for International Trade; and how much public money was spent on the procurement of those items.

As of 1 February, there was one red box and fifteen folders in use by the Department bearing the inscription Department for International Trade. This was at a cost of £1,500 for the box and £5,760 for the folders with a total cost of £7,260. There were no boxes or folders in use bearing the inscription Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.