<P> Permanent Secretaries, who are civil servants rather than MPs or Lords, have similar boxes but coloured green . These have exactly the same function as the ministerial red boxes . </P> <P> Former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was said to have used a red box similar to the British ones, the exception being the logo . Education Minister Heng Swee Keat, formerly Principal Private Secretary to Lee, revealed in a Facebook post that Lee continued using the red box till 4 February 2015, the day before his final hospitalisation . </P>

Who presented the budget last week and what is the significance of the red box