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Finance and Services Select Committee

Answer

Mr. Wigley: To ask the Chairman of the Finance and Services Committee what the total expenditure was on (a) refurbishment and (b) new works and maintenance on the parliamentary estate, indicating the main items of expenditure, for each of the last two years. [139323] Mr. Stuart Bell: Expenditure on Works services is categorised as Capital (new works and refurbishment) and Current (planned preventative maintenance and day to day expenditure). In the last two years approximate total expenditure has been as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million 1998-99 Capital 14 Current 8 1999-2000 Capital 19 Current 6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In each of the last two years, the main items of expenditure were the Refreshment Department modernisation scheme, the installation of the PDVN and associated works on automatic fire detection, telephone cabling, electrical rewiring, asbestos removal, fire compartmentation, stone restoration, air conditioning and restoration of Committee Rooms, lift refurbishment and roof repairs. In 1999-2000 the Grand Committee Room was converted for sittings at Westminster Hall and planning began for the restoration of Norman Shaw South. The figures exclude the cost of Portcullis House.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

139323; 357 c110W

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Buildings Building alterations Expenditure Parliament Repairs and maintenance

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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