Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Wednesday, 1 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 December 2004. It was answered by Phil Hope (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 December 2004 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost has been of criminal damage to his Department's buildings in each of the last two years. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Bercow: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the cost has been of criminal damage to his Department's buildings in each of the last two years. [202458] Phil Hope: The cost of criminal damage to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's office buildings in the last two years has been: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ 2002-03 6,100 2003-04 6,500 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. These costs include the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's agencies and the Government Office Network. Although the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has overall responsibility for the buildings occupied by Government Offices, they carry out functions on behalf of ten Government Departments. The Rent Service became an Executive Agency of the Department for Work and Pensions on 1 April 2004, but was part of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the period in question.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 202458; 428 c1046-7W;428 c1047W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Costs Crimes against property Government departments Offices Vandalism Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Contains statistics: Yes
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