Written question asked by Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative) on Friday, 5 October 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 October 2001. It was answered by Nigel Griffiths (Labour) on Monday, 15 October 2001 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, 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 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. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 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 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. [7820] Nigel Griffiths: This information is not held centrally and to obtain this information would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold. The PFI project to provide serviced accommodation for the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington involves a capital cost to the PFI contractor of £82,000,000.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 7820; 372 c979W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Executive agencies Buildings Department of Trade and Industry Government departments Non-departmental public bodies Tenure Valuation Rents
Contains statistics: Yes
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