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Treasury

Answer

Denzil Davies: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 15 June 2004, Official Report, column 835W, on the STEPS agreement, in respect of what costs were the payments in excess of the annual charge of £170 million made to Mapeley STEPS Ltd. in each year to April (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004. [184334] Dawn Primarolo: The £170 million, mentioned within the NAO report, relates to Facility price only and is an estimated annual charge only. The difference in the actual Facility Price payments and the total payments to Mapeley STEPS Contractor are for services and pass through costs provided for in the contract such as major works, minor works and utilities. The data for years to April 2002 and 2003 has been routinely archived and therefore cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost. However, for the year to April 2004 the data is available for the Inland Revenue. The amounts that account for contract expenditure in addition to the Facility Prices are as follows: 2003-04 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Amount (£000) Major works 25,378 Utilities 12,728 Minor works and services 12,536 VAT on rent 10,163 New services for existing facilities 2,244 Total 63,049 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

184334; 424 c43W;424 c42-3W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Payments Mapeley Strategic transfer of estate to the private sector

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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