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Written question asked by Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 24 June 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 June 2008. It was answered by Anne McGuire (Labour) on Monday, 21 July 2008 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Departmental Buildings

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on which buildings occupied by his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies the lease will be due for renewal in the next four years.
Answer

DWP—The majority of the DWP estate has been sold (freehold, feuhold and long leasehold interests) or transferred (short leasehold interests) to Land Securities Trillium under a Private Finance Initiative contract known as PRIME which runs until 2018.The proceeds were released to HM Treasury in April 1998 for the original Department for Social Security estate and further in December 2003 when PRIME was expanded to include the former Employment Services estate. DWP holds no valuable leases or freeholds following the letting of the PRIME Contract and its subsequent expansion.Consequently we do not hold any information for these buildings as lease responsibilities lie with Land Securities Trillium.For the other DWP agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) the position is outlined as follows.The Rent ServiceThe following buildings are occupied where a lease becomes renewable in the next four years.

Building name Location Tenure Lease break
Hawthorn House (1st Floor), Emperor Way Exeter Lease 24 March 2009
5th Floor, Holland House Oxford Road Bournemouth Lease 1 October 2008
4 London Court, East Street Reading Lease 15 June 2009
St. Mary's House (1st Floor), Victoria Road Chelmsford Lease 28 September 2009
1st Floor, Adelphi House, 8 Turret Lane Ipswich Lease 28 September 2009
Tuition House (2nd Floor), St. George's Road Wimbledon Lease 2 November 2009
Spectrum Building (West Wing), Bond Street Bristol Lease 2 January 2010
5 Victoria Court, Kent Street Nottingham Lease 29 October 2010
Gd Floor, Unit E, Aviator Court, Clifton Moor 3rd Floor, Rouen House, Rouen Road, York Lease 9 January 2011
Norwich Lease 2 September 2011

Health and Safety Executive (HSE)There are 21 buildings where leases are to be renewed and the locations and dates are as follows.

Building name Location Tenure Lease break/end
AW HSE Luton Lease 20 January 2011
Lakeside 500 Norwich Lease 18 September 2011
Phoenix House East Grinstead Lease 18 March 2012
OCNS-Harwell Oxfordshire Lease 24 March 2011
Hagley Road Birmingham Lease 24 June 2012
Haswell House Worcester Lease 19 February 2009
Lyme Vale Court Stoke Lease 8 February 2011
8 February 2016
City Gate West Nottingham Lease 22 December 2008
Edison Court Wrexham Lease 12 August 2009
Darkgate Building Carmarthen Lease 31 December 2009
Ballard House Plymouth Lease 24 March 2011
Government Building Llanishen MOTO 31 March 2010
Grove House Manchester Lease 16 July 2012
Marshall House Preston Lease 27 August 2011
Daniel House Bootle Lease 16 October 2009
Cherry Lane Warehouse Walton Lease 11 December 2008
Marshalls Mill Leeds Lease 18 February 2011
Arden HSE, 5th Fl Newcastle Upon Tyne Lease 24 December 2010
Edgar Allen House Sheffield Assigned Lease 24 March 2011
West George Street Glasgow Lease 8 September 2008
Longman House Inverness MOTO 31 March 2009

NDPBs and Arm's Length BodiesThere are no leases that are due for renewal in the next four years.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
214660; 479 c850-2W;479 c848-50W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Buildings Department for Work and Pensions
Link
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