Written question asked by Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 21 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 October 2005. It was answered by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Monday, 10 October 2005 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Departmental Estate

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total floor space area is of buildings (a) owned and (b) leased by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies.

Answer: The total floor space of buildings owned and leased by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and its agencies as at September 2005 is as follows: Sq m Owned Leased ODPM 11,756 82,076 Agencies 38,349 13,160 Of the figures given for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, one of the freehold buildings is Burlington House which is leased to the Royal Academy and five Learned Societies. The data include the space that other Government Departments occupy in buildings owned or leased by ODPM but do not include space that the office occupies in other Government Departments' buildings. These figures do not include buildings occupied by Government offices which perform functions on behalf of 10 Government Departments.

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