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Written question asked by Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative) on Monday, 22 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 March 2010. It was answered by Chris Bryant (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 April 2010 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Departmental Buildings

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many smoking shelters his Department has built for its staff in the last five years; and at what cost.
Answer

Smoking shelters have been installed over the last five years on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) UK estate as follows:

Smoking shelters installed
2005-06 None
2006-07 Two shelters for Hanslope Park purchased and installed at an approximate cost of £3,500 each
2007-08 None
2008-09 None purchased but one existing shelter at Hanslope Park moved to more appropriate location at a cost of approximately £1,000
2009-10 Four shelters purchased and installed at Hanslope Park, two at a cost of £5,765 each, one at a cost of £4,693 and one at a cost of £4,681

Shelters have been installed in line with the FCO's Smoking Policy which permits smoking in designated areas only, away from buildings.The provision of this information for the overseas estate could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c1232-3W; 324351
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Buildings Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk