Written question asked by Andrew Welsh (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 20 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 27 March 2001. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 March 2001 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many buildings the Inland Revenue (a) owned and (b) rented in (i) Scotland and (ii) the United Kingdom in (A) 1998-99 and (B) 1999-2000; and what was the insurance expenditure to cover buildings and employees in those years. - Including table.

Answer: Mr. Welsh: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many buildings the Inland Revenue (a) owned and (b) rented in (i) Scotland and (ii) the United Kingdom in (A) 1998-99 and (B) 1999-2000; and what was the insurance expenditure to cover buildings and employees in those years. [155310] Dawn Primarolo: The information is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998-99 1999-2000 Freehold Leaseholds Freehold Leaseholds Scotland 16 27 16 28 United Kingdom 117 360 117 371 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Government policy is to self-insure.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 155310; 365 c530W;365 c532-3W
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Expenditure Inland Revenue Leasehold Government departments Insurance Freehold Offices Scotland
Contains statistics: Yes
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