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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the cost of building refurbishment carried out by his Department in each of the last two years. [202435] Maria Eagle: The available information is in the following table: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2002-03 2003-04 Business-related refurbishment works (non 25.819 22. 932 modernisation programme)1 Modernisation programme works2 274. 181 335.068 Total 300 358 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Business-related refurbishment works are ongoing, internal changes to buildings to meet developing business needs e.g. the removal of partition walls to accommodate organisational moves of staff. 2 Modernisation programme works are part of a major programme funded by the Treasury to improve the way in which DWP services are delivered to the public. The physical surroundings of several of the businesses within DWP are being changed, including Jobcentre Plus, The Pensions Service and Debt Management Services. This spend is a combination of new acquisitions, major refurbishments to buildings already part of the estate, as well as the smaller, business-related refurbishment works costs. While the overall cost of the programme is known it is not possible to provide separate figures for refurbishment works. Note: Additionally, our private sector partners Land Securities Trillium are responsible for providing an ongoing maintenance programme for all buildings on the estate. DWP pays for this as part of the unitary charge for the serviced accommodation it receives at each building and it is not possible to provide separate costs for this.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

202435; 428 c1724-5W;428 c1721-2W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Costs Buildings Department for Work and Pensions Government departments Repairs and maintenance

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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