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Home Office

Answer

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the official residences for which his Department is responsible; who occupies each one; what the annual cost is of running each property; what contribution the current occupants make towards the running costs of each; what the total capital and refurbishment expenditure has been on those properties in each of the past five years; how much money was spent in each property on (a) flowers and plants, (b) wine and entertaining, (c) food, (d) telephone bills and (e) electricity and gas in 2003-04; how many (i) domestic and (ii) maintenance staff are employed at each property, broken down by post; and what the total cost of staff employment at each was in 2003-04. [213613] Mr. Charles Clarke: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Prime Minister to him on 20 January 2004, Official Report, column 1037W. The annual cost of running the property referred to varies from year to year. In the last complete year 2003-04 the total cost was £9,557 excluding security provision, site rent and capital charge for the leasehold interest. The occupier is responsible for meeting all expenditure on (a) flowers and plants, (b) wine and entertaining, (c) food, and (d) private telephone bills. There are no domestic or maintenance staff employed by the Department. The cost of electricity and gas in 2003-04 was £433 and £1,786 respectively. These costs are met by the current occupier with effect from 31 December 2004. Information on cost of official phone calls can only be found at disproportionate cost. The total capital and refurbishment expenditure in each of the last five years has been: Capital and refurbishment expenditure _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ 2000-01 0 2001-02 73,240 2002-03 27,440 2003-04 0 2004-05 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. A major programme of cyclical refurbishment--the first for some years--was completed in late spring 2002. This was needed to maintain the repair and value property and to deal with the impact of substantial flood and storm damage.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

431 c1690-1W;431 c1686-7W; 213613

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Electricity Government departments Home Office Natural gas Property Staff Utilities Repairs and maintenance Telephones Flowers Official residences Official hospitality Operating costs

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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