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Written question asked by Martin Vickers (Conservative) on Monday, 7 February 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 February 2022. It was answered by Mark Tami (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 February 2022 on behalf of the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body.

Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

Question

To ask the Right hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what the monthly operating costs are of the Restoration and Renewal Programme, (a) in total and (b) by spending on (i) employment/salaries, (ii) planning and( iii) works.

Answer

The Restoration and Renewal Programme comprises the Sponsor Body and the Delivery Authority. The monthly operating costs shown below are an average of the total costs for April to December 2021 for each organisation.

a) The total monthly operating costs of the Programme is £9.5m.

b) Monthly operating costs for (i) employment/salaries, (ii) planning and (iii) works are set out in the table below.

Sponsor Body

Delivery Authority

Total

Employment/Salaries (£m)*

0.4

1.2

1.6

Planning (£m)**

0.6

4.0

4.6

Works (£m)***

0.0

3.3

3.3

Monthly average (£m)

1.0

8.5

9.5

Notes

*All directly employed staff and all interims.

** Includes all other spend not covered in Employment/ Salaries and Works - Data & Digital, outsourced Programme Management Services (Programme Management, Programme Delivery, Programme Development, Health & Safety, Assurance & Quality) and all non-staff corporate costs (accommodation etc.).

*** Includes all spend on the three main projects of the Programme (Palace of Westminster, House of Lords Decant and Heritage). The majority of this spend is on design costs, but also includes surveys and integrated team costs. It should be noted the projects are currently in the Concept Design (PoW/HoL Decant) or Preparation and Brief stage (Heritage), so there are no construction costs associated with these works.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
119501
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Costs Palace of Westminster Repairs and maintenance
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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