Ministers take their pick

Almost £20,000 has been spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from Government departments since the Coalition took office in May, according to figures published by Tom Watson MP, who has also given details of what each minister chose on loan from the Government Art Collection to hang in their offices. Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has 20 works, which cost almost £80,000 when they were originally purchased, while Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has two Mark Wallinger paintings purchased for almost £5,000 each, a £13,000 Grayson Perry etching, and other art works that cost more than £13,000.