Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Wednesday, 1 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 December 2004. It was answered by Charlotte Atkins (Labour) on Monday, 20 December 2004 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the cost of building refurbishment carried out by his Department in each of the last two years. Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the cost of building refurbishment carried out by his Department in each of the last two years. [202415] Charlotte Atkins: The cost of building refurbishment in the DfT over each of the last two years are shown in the table: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. DfT Unit Refurbishment cost 2002-03 Refurbishment costs 2003-04 DfT Headquarters 0.298 1.303 Air Accidents Investigation Branch 0 0.071 Driving Standards Agency 0.264 0.217 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 14.118 14.665 Highways Agency 1.837 0.812 Marine Accident Investigation Branch 0.137 0 Maritime and Coastguard Agency 4.930 2.621 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency 0.212 0.063 Vehicle Certification Agency 0 0 Total 11.796 9.751 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 For these two years DVLA's main office refurbishment costs were not separately recorded as they were included in general maintenance costs. To provide some idea of refurbishment costs in these two years the estimated maintenance costs per annum are approximately £1.2 million.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 202415; 428 c1355W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Costs Buildings Department for Transport Government departments Repairs and maintenance
Contains statistics: Yes
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