Written question asked by Jesse Norman (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 June 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 June 2011. It was answered by Damian Green (Conservative) on Monday, 4 July 2011 on behalf of the Home Office.

Departmental Buildings

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the address is of each office property occupied by her Department outside Greater London which it (a) owns and (b) rents; what the level of utilisation is of each such property; what the capital value is of each such property it owns; and what the (i) annual rental cost and (ii) length of lease agreement is of each rented property.

Answer: The Department is taking steps to reduce the size of its office estate to meet its future business needs and reduced staffing levels. Measures to deliver this include consolidation of accommodation across the Home Office group. Estate consolidations are under way in London, Croydon and Liverpool. In Croydon for instance buildings totalling 26,000 square metres were surrendered last December.Utilisation rates change regularly and are monitored by estates managers directly as part of estate rationalisation planning, rather than being centrally recorded. The disclosable details of the Department's estate outside Greater London taken from the estate database are provided in a table which has been placed in the House Library. The table provides the name of the building or function within its main town or nearest main town. This may comprise some individually leased or multiple spaces.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 61179; 530 c1004W
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2011-1129
Monday, 4 July 2011
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Buildings Home Office
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk