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Lord Chancellors Dept

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Mrs. May: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by her Department, broken down by those leased 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. [7819] Ms Rosie Winterton: The Lord Chancellor's Department has leased 34 additional locations over the past five years for various parts of the organisation and for varying lease terms. Five of the locations are occupied by the Department or its associated offices (the Legal Services Ombudsman's Office); 24 for its executive agencies (The Court Service and the Public Guardianship Office) and five for its NDPBs (CAFCASS and the Public Defender Service Offices). The creation of CAFCASS and the Public Defender Service offices prompted the acquisition of new properties; expansion of the organisation and/or rationalisation of the departmental estate drove the remaining acquisitions. Full details of the acquisitions are set out in the schedule. Lord Chancellor's Department property acquisitions 1997-2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Property Location Occupier Demise Annual rent (£) Lease commenced Department and associated offices Southside London LCD 3{rd} Floor (front) 454,850 July 1999 Southside London LCD 3{rd} Floor (rear) 302,400 April 2000 30 Millbank London LCD 5{th} Floor 195,160 February 2001 Tower House Bristol LCD Part 13{th} Floor 22,889 May 2001 Sunlight House Manchester LCD{1} Suite 303 101,007 August 2001 Executive agencies Lincoln Group Manager's Lincoln Court Service 6,250 February 1997 Office Taylor House London Court Service{2} 775,000 July 1997 Oldham County Court Oldham Court Service 198,144 September 1997 London Court Service 145,732.50 November 1998 (OSSCSC) Bangor Probate Registry Bangor Court Service 3,750 January 1998 Sheffield Group Manager's Sheffield Court Service 46,500 January 1999 Office First Avenue House London Court Service{3} 2,332,000 April 1999 Nottingham Group Manager's Nottingham Court Service 30,160 June 1999 Office Exeter Group Manager's Exeter Court Service 239,750 November 1999 Office Cambridge County Court Cambridge Court Service 171,000 November 1999 Uxbridge County Court Uxbridge Court Service 162,000 December 1999 Newcastle Group Manager's Newcastle Court Service 37,940 January 2000 Office Brighton Family Centre Brighton Court Service 176,000 March 2000 Farringdon Court Service (IAA) 190,320 March 2000 Hounslow Court Service (IAA) 100,035 March 2000 Ashford County Court Ashford Court Service 25,875 June 2000 Bromley Court Service (IAA) 3,000 July 2000 Hounslow Court Service (IAA) 125,440 August 2000 Glasgow Court Service (IAA) 206,624 September 2000 Haverfordwest County Court Haverfordwest Court Service 32,095 October 2000{4} Manchester Combined Manchester Court Service 56,550.50 March 2001 Tribunals Shrewsbury County Court Shrewsbury Court Service 47,000 June 2001 Breams Buildings London Court Service (IAA) 1,961,224 July 2001 Archway Tower{5} London Public Guardianship 884,000 April 2001 Office Non-departmental public bodies Palace Street London CAFCASS 6{th} Floor 57,720 April 2001{6} John Street North Liverpool Public Defenders {7}30,000 January 2001 Service (PDS) Albert Road Middlesbrough PDS {8}36,425 February 2001 Orchard Street Swansea PDS {9}23,500 March 2001 Priory House Birmingham PDS 12,000 April 2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Office of Legal Services Ombudsman {2} Immigration Appellate Authority--IAA {3} Principle Registry of the Family Division {4} Minor occupier in other Government building {5} This lease was new to the Department but not new to Government {6} For six months as a sublease from MAFF {7} Rent free for six months {8} Rent free for nine months {9} Rent free for two years

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

7819; 372 c1014-6W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Executive agencies Buildings Government departments Lord Chancellor's Department Non-departmental public bodies Tenure Valuation Rents

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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