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Dept of Health

Answer

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by his Department, broken down by leases by the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies. [7815] Ms Blears: The table lists the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years (1996-97 through to 2000-01) by the Department. They include and distinguish between the Department, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between acquisitions made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those acquisitions made by established bodies. Department of Health _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Acquired by Year Number Value (£ million) Location New bodies 1998-99 1 0.328 Bristol Established bodies 1998-99 1 0.492 Cambridge 2000-01 1 0.092 Manchester Agencies Established bodies 1996-97 1 0.086 Reading 1998-99 1 2.277 Reading 1999-2000 2 0.009 Kingswinford, Cambridge 2000-01 1 0.039 Harrogate Non-departmental public bodies New bodies 1999-2000 1 0.029 London 2000-01 12 1.785 London, Bristol Aylesbury, Shrewsbury, Bedford, Gloucester, Ashford, Northampton, Oxford, Wolverhampton, Easing, Welwyn Garden City Established bodies 1996-97 2 0.035 Nottingham, Redhill 1997-98 2 0.029 Bristol, Wigan 1998-99 2 0.999 Bristol, London 1999-2000 4 0.035 Newcastle, Bristol, Harrogate, Plymouth 2000-01 8 2.669 London (3), Newcastle, Bristol, Chester, Birmingham, Jesmond _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Value for leased accommodation is taken as the annual rent and service charge (based on the current annual cost) and for private finance initiative/public private partnership arrangements as the annual unitary charge (based on the current annual cost) and includes the cost of the provision of facilities management services.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

7815; 374 c280W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Executive agencies Buildings Government departments Non-departmental public bodies Tenure Valuation Rents Department of Health

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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