Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2022 to Question 48359 on 10 Downing Street: Furniture, whether the lectern used by the Prime Minister on 25th October was paid for by the taxpayer.

Lecterns are regularly used at government press conferences, receptions and speeches.

These lecterns were purchased by the Government under a previous administration.

As previously stated, lecterns are used and repurposed across the Cabinet Office estate and other government buildings.