Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent from the public purse on the (a) design and (b) production of the lectern used by the Prime Minister at his press conference at the NATO summit in Lithuania on 12 July; which company was responsible for its (i) design and (ii) production, and how many models of the lectern have been purchased.

This lectern is owned by the British Embassy in Vilnius and I understand was purchased prior to 2010, and at least 20 years ago. The Cabinet Office would not hold procurement details regarding production and design from that time.

As previously stated, lecterns are used and repurposed across government buildings.