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Written question asked by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 April 2004. It was answered by Ruth Kelly (Labour) on Monday, 19 April 2004 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Question
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who owns the Office for National Statistics offices in Titchfield; how much has been spent on the (a) maintenance and (b) refurbishment of the Office for National Statistics office at Titchfield in each of the last five years. - Inc text of letter from Len Cook of the Office for National Statistics and table.
Answer

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) who owns the Office for National Statistics offices in Titchfield; [164732] (2) how much has been spent on the (a) maintenance and (b) refurbishment of the Office for National Statistics office at Titchfield in each of the last five years. [164738] Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mark Hoban, dated 19 April 2004: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent questions concerning the Office for National Statistics (ONS) site at Titchfield. (164738, 164732) The Titchfield site is a Crown freehold held by ONS under the name of the First Secretary of State. The amount of money spent on the office at Titchfield for maintenance and refurbishment in each of the last five financial years is given below. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Maintenance Refurbishment Total 1998-99 219 238 457 1999-2000 247 354 601 2000-01 186 233 419 2001-02 299 412 710 2002-03 307 783 1,089 Total 1,258 2,018 3,276 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Significant work was undertaken to refurbish the Titchfield accommodation occupied by the Neighbourhood Statistics and reprographics teams during 2003/04. The total forecast expenditure on these two projects during the year is £1.6 million, although final accounts for 2003/04 are not yet available.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
420 c372W; 164732;164738
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Costs Buildings Office for National Statistics Repairs and maintenance Titchfield
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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