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Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Mrs. Bridget Prentice: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what was the total expenditure on new buildings and premises by his Department and its agencies; and if he will indicate the square footage of new office space purchased or newly rented in each of the last five years. [41153] Mr. Willetts: The table details for the Cabinet Office and its agencies, including the Central Office of Information, (i) the capital costs, including fees, of new buildings and premises and new extensions to existing buildings and premises and (ii) the square footage of new office space purchased or newly rented for the five financial years 1991-92; 1992-93; 1993-94; 1994-95 and 1995-96. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year Capital costs Square footage (purchased) Square footage (rented) 1991-92 Nil Nil Nil 1992-93 £685,000 1,613 Nil 1993-94 Nil Nil 15,954 1994-95 £2,940,482 Not offices 86,638 1995-96 Nil Nil 30,083 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The capital costs include extensions to non office accommodation at the Civil Service College and other non-office accommodation occupied by various agencies. Corresponding information for the Stationery Office Ltd. is not available from the company.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

41153; 282 c909-10W;282 c907-8W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Construction Central government Executive agencies Buildings Expenditure Government departments Property transfer Offices Rents Deputy Prime Minister

Contains statistics

Yes