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Cabinet Office

Answer

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will list the properties occupied by (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) its agencies in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2004, stating (A) for each and (B) in aggregate the area; and what the aggregate rental value was in each year. [195128] Ruth Kelly: [holding answer 1 November 2004]: Figures requested in respect of the Cabinet Office's estate are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2004-05 Building Size (m2) (n/a) Rental value as at April 2004 (£) Cabinet Office buildings 70 Whitehall1 7,319 19,930,000 10-12 Downing Street1 3,388 16,700,000 36 Whitehall1 2,031 6,600,000 53 Parliament Street1 892 3,400,000 Centre for Management Policy Studies College 2,411 2,070,000 (Sunningdale) Centre for Management Policy Studies College 1,896 n/a (London) GOGGS/1 Horse Guards Road 323 n/a 7 St. James's Square 1,202 388,000 Admiralty Arch1 7,383 23,500,000 22 Whitehall1 4,579 20,000,000 9 Whitehall 1,622 567,000 10 Great George Street 1,354 504,000 35 Great Smith Street 1,813 580,000 2 Little Smith Street 610 200,000 67 Tufton Street 2,087 674,000 Stockley House 2,937 1,087,000 St. Clements House (Norwich) 284 n/a Grosvenor House (Basingstoke) 1,695 n/a Emergency Planning College (Easingwold)1 10,230 n/a Government News Network space (overall) Newcastle 200 n/a Manchester 419 n/a Leeds 447 n/a Birmingham 357 n/a Bristol 309 n/a Notts 172 n/a Cambridge 220 n/a London 156 n/a Guildford 165 n/a Scotland 29 n/a NDS 110 n/a Centre for Management Policies Studies 46 27,000 College ( Edinburgh) Hercules House (COI) 10,000 1,800,000 Total 66,687 98,709,000 Cabinet Office agencies buildings GCDA London 5,806 615,000 GCDA Cardiff 143 7,400 GCDA Birmingham 26 1,150 GCDA Bradford 98 6,843 Total 6,073 630,393 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Freehold properties. Remaining properties are either held as leasehold properties or via a Memorandum of Terms of Occupation (MOTO) with another department. Notes: 1. Figures for 1997-98 and those marked `n/a' can be obtained only at disproportionate cost. 2. Figures for the size of buildings exclude space occupied by another Government department. 3. Figures shown under the `rental value' column are as at 1 April 2004. For leasehold properties or those occupied via a MOTO, the figures shown are the estimated open market rental values. For freehold properties the figures are the `existing use value' figures, adjusted to reflect any space occupied by other departments.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

195128; 426 c855-6W;426 c859-60W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Executive agencies Buildings Government departments Rents Cabinet Office

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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