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Treasury

Answer

Norman Lamb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total floor space area of buildings owned or leased by (a) his Department and (b) agencies of the Department has been in each year since 1997 to date. [181848] Ruth Kelly: The available information is set out as follows in the form in which the Chancellor's Departments and agencies have been able to compile it without having to incur disproportionate costs. At the commencement of April 2001, the Customs and Excise and the Inland Revenue transferred most of their estate to the STEPS contractor, and have occupied the space since then under separate PFI arrangements, as set out in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Net area occupied (sq m) Position at April 2001 1,470,366 Year April 2002 1,489,821 Year April 2003 1,490,986 Year April 2004 1,511,449 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Information for earlier years is not available. The Office for National Statistics does not hold historic information on the size of its buildings but currently owns or leases property totalling 86,000 sq m. Royal Mint _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Sq m Owned Leased Total 1997 41,349 1,000 42,349 1998 4,139 1,000 42,349 1999 46,093 1,000 47,093 2000 46,093 1,000 47,093 2001 46,093 1,000 47,093 2002 46,137 1,000 47,137 2003 46,137 -- 46,137 2004 46,233 -- 46,233 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Debt Management Office _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Sq m 1997 0 1998 492.55 1999 492.55 2000 492.55 2001 1,311.09 2002 1,311.09 2003 1,311.09 2004 1,311.09 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. National Savings and Investments have three sites, the total figure of floor space owned or leased has remained constant since 1997 at 94,500 sq m. Data for the Government Actuaries Department are not available prior to July 2003. Since then, the Department has owned or leased is 2,897 sq m. Office Government Commerce was established in 2000. Sq m _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Residual Residual Residual total Occupied Occupied Total for all freehold leasehold freehold leasehold estate OGC and OGC BS 1999-2000 190,089.0 91,131.0 281,220.0 1,042.9 14,761.0 297,023.90 2000-01 169,937.2 63,229.2 233,166.4 1,042.9 14,761.0 1,709.2 250,679.50 (BS) 2001-02 104,520.8 55,859.6 160,380.4 1,042.9 13,959.7 1,795.6 177,178.60 (BS) 2002-03 0 47,179.3 47,179.3 1,042.9 13,324.8 1,795.6 63,342.60 (BS) 3/4 0 20,146.2 20,146.2 1,042.9 13,324.8 1,795.6 36,309.50 (BS) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The use of space by the Treasury has remained constant since 1997 at 32,000.00 sq m.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

181848; 423 c733-6W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Executive agencies Buildings Government departments Offices Treasury

Contains statistics

Yes

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