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171904

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 7 January 2013 to Question 135835, on Dover House, whether building work on the first floor of 70 Whitehall has been concluded; and when the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is expected to vacate Dover House.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
	uin	219681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>Under plans agreed prior to the 2010 General Election, 70 Whitehall is undergoing modernisation works. As a result, there are no current plans for the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office to vacate Dover House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 08/01/2015 16:26:30 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

142143

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many buildings owned by his Department have been sold in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	213772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department’s estate largely consists of leasehold properties. Since 2010 the Department has surrendered the following leasehold facilities, reducing the annual cost of the civil estate by around £38.5 million:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Building surrendered</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cunard</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgrave Centre</p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield House</p></td><td><p>Stevenage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mast House</p></td><td><p>Plymouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Riverwalk</p></td><td><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westbrook</p></td><td><p>Cambridge</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City Tower</p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lysnoweth</p></td><td><p>Truro</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Piccadilly Gate</p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridge House</p></td><td><p>Guildford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Street</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eland House</p></td><td><p>London</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br><br>The move of my Department's main building from Eland House to Marsham Street, to share with the Home Office, will reduce our Department's running costs by £9 million a year from 2015-16, and save taxpayers a total of £220 million over the lifetime of the building's lease commitments.</p><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below indicates the number of buildings sold in each calendar year:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Buildings sold</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department did hold one freehold land asset, the Fire Service College which has now been sold. In March 2013, the sale of the 365 acre Fire Service College estate, comprising 34 buildings, other non-habitable structures and land was sold for £10 million. The land was covered by an overage clause meaning the Department will share in any profits from future development of the College site. In addition this has generated savings of £3.9 million in running costs per year.</p><p>Following the College sale the Department is currently disposing of 33 houses in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, which were formerly part of the Fire Service College but were not sold with the main Fire Service College estate. So far this year 23 of these houses have been sold generating a receipt of £5,163,100, and a further 2 houses are under offer. The market value of the properties upon which sales have been agreed range from £215,000 to £250,000 and the total expected income from the sale of the 33 houses and linked development land is around £7,500,000.</p><p>The Department holds 10 remaining residential houses at the site, which will be sold during 2015/2016.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 18/11/2014 17:07:03 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 27674 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

169408

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on works to, and refurbishment of, offices allocated to Ministers in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	218155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>There was necessary move and building works to relocate the Department from Eland House to 2 Marsham Street. This will reduce the Department's running costs by £9 million a year from 2015-16, and save taxpayers £220 million over the lifetime of the building's lease commitments.<br><br>I also refer the hon. Member to my answer of 18 November 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, PQ 213772, on the broader savings we have made from the retionalisation of the departmental estate.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 06/01/2015 17:31:29 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

168884

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 2.255 in Autumn Statement 2014, how much the Government plans to spend on considering the benefits and costs of the relocation of the museum collections currently housed at Blythe House; how many full-time equivalent employees will undertake that work; and when he plans to publish the results of that consideration.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	217970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Autumn Statement set out the Government’s intention to consider the benefits and costs of the relocation of the museum collections currently housed at Blythe House. This consideration will follow the process for developing public sector business cases set out in the Green Book Supplementary Guidance. We expect to announce our conclusions next year. As part of this consideration, DCMS procured a market value assessment and advice at a cost of £101,308. It is not possible at this stage to confirm total expenditure on the business case process, but DCMS resource allocated to this work is currently approximately 2.5 FTE.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/12/2014 16:08:24 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

175023

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2015 to Question 221061, what the annual cost to the public purse is of his Department's office space at 179A Tottenham Court Road.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	221509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department's lease on three floors of 179a Tottenham Court Road is predominantly for space used for collection storage, conservation and administration of the Government Art Collection. One floor is available for general office use.</p><p>Use of this office space has changed as the Department's Estate Strategy has evolved with the changing responsibilities of the Department including London 2012 and Broadband Delivery UK. At times when space has been surplus to operational needs, half of this office floor has been sublet on a cost recovery basis.</p><p>The full year costs to the taxpayer of this sub-lettable space when it has not been sublet are £191,000.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 26/01/2015 17:24:19 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

155446

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many buildings her Department sold in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	214217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>In July 2010, the Department for Education sold Moorfoot in Sheffield for £3 million. The Department currently has two freehold assets scheduled for disposal:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Building/Site</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Disposal action</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Castle View House, Runcorn</p></td><td><p>Currently vacant and being actively marketed to the public and private sector.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mowden Hall, Darlington</p></td><td><p>Scheduled for disposal in the financial year 2015/2016.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below illustrates the number of buildings sold in each calendar year since 2010:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Buildings sold</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, the Department has reduced the size of its estate from 30 properties, at a cost of circa £51 million per annum, to six properties costing circa £31 million per annum. This is a saving of £20 million per annum.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012, the Department announced an ambitious programme to reduce its estate from 12 sites to six, while maximising the efficiency of the buildings retained. This has now been achieved by reducing the amount of space we use, surrendering unwanted facilities to landlords and sub-letting vacant space to other organisations. The Department has improved the quality and flexibility of its workspace alongside driving down cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also plans to vacate Sanctuary Buildings in London at lease expiry in 2017 and relocate to a Government owned freehold building, which will generate a further saving of circa £8.5 million per year. The Department is always looking to maximise the efficiency of its estate and, working with the Cabinet Office’s Government Property Unit, we are currently updating our Strategic Asset Management Plan<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below illustrates the leasehold buildings surrendered since 2010:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Property name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>200 Great Dover Street</p></td><td><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bayley House</p></td><td><p>Bolton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brandon Court</p></td><td><p>Coventry</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City Exchange</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enterprise House</p></td><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>82/84 Piccadilly</p></td><td><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Victoria Square House</p></td><td><p>Birmingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lime House</p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whittington House</p></td><td><p>London</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 18/11/2014 17:21:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

169529

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what building refurbishments have been carried out by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 2010; what the cost was of each such refurbishment by category of expenditure; what building refurbishments are planned by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies; and what the estimated cost of each such refurbishment is.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	218109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>As part of the transition to the new Health and Social Care system a number of new organisations were established as part of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. This has required the Department to improve and update its buildings to accommodate these new organisations within its own buildings thus maximising efficiency and effectiveness without purchasing expensive new buildings. We have also taken the opportunity to deliver a number of improvements to our lighting, heating and cooling systems which will make our buildings more energy efficient and help towards delivering our Greener Government targets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2009-10 the total cost of the estate was £183,132,952 this was reduced to £121,697,625 in 2012-13. We have also reduced our space occupancy from 14.2 square metres (sqm) per full time equivalent (FTE) to 11.6 sqm per FTE in 2012-13 and are on target to reduce this to below 10 sqm per FTE during 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Expenditure on office refurbishment undertaken by the Department and its non-departmental public bodies since May 2010 is attached. Refurbishment costs relate to the general fit out, improvement and provision of furniture and equipment and excludes building repair and maintenance. It is not possible to provide a more detailed background of each item by category of expenditure without incurring disproportionate costs. Partial information for non-departmental public bodies can only be provided as some of this data is not available.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Estimated expenditure on Building refurbishments that are planned by the Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 17/12/2014 16:15:10 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name Expenditure on office and building refurbishment.doc title Expenditure on office & building refurbishments previous answer version 33605 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

228569

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on interior decoration since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	228318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not directly pay a specific amount for interior decoration. EMCOR, the Department’s facilities services provider, holds a contract which includes the routine annual interior decoration of Departmental buildings within a larger fixed price cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The budget for interior decoration within this contract is £246,000 calculated pro rata for the period 2010 to 2015, within the overall fixed price costs of the EMCOR contract. This covers the decoration in the six buildings that it has owned or occupied since May 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/03/2015 17:25:38 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

155427

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many buildings his Department sold in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	214225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The Treasury has not sold any buildings in any of these years.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/11/2014 12:55:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

147480

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many buildings his Department sold in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	213998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not record the sales of each individual building; however we do record our disposal sales, which range from large defence sites to smaller parcels of land which are listed below by financial year (FY):</p><p> </p><p>FY2010-11 - 76</p><p>FY2011-12 - 100</p><p>FY2012-13 - 108</p><p>FY2013-14 - 97</p><p>FY2014-15 - 29 (up to 31 October 2014)</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 18/11/2014 17:34:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 28366 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz