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142154

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	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 his Department's Annual Reports and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2014, which buildings are included in the valuation of £70,341,000 on page 134 of that report.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	213768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>A breakdown of the £70,341k can be provided by the Arm Length Bodies’ (ALBs), but a detailed split of this balance by building is only held by the individual ALBs.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 11/11/2014 08:57:05 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

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

147490

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, 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	213999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) does not own the Freehold on any property and has therefore made no sales of this nature.</p><p>The Department leases property as below:</p><p> </p><p>A) 3 Whitehall Place, London (whole building) – due for lease-break review in 2021 (private landlord)</p><p> </p><p>B) 55 Whitehall, London (whole building) – due for review in 2070 (Crown property)</p><p> </p><p>C) Kings Buildings, London (three floors) – due for review in 2015 (public landlord)</p><p> </p><p>D) One Victoria Street, London (part of one floor) – due for review in 2015 (other Government Department as landlord)</p><p> </p><p>E) Atholl House, Aberdeen (two floors) – lease due to expire in 2016 (other Government Department as landlord)</p><p>As part of Cabinet Office property guidelines, Departments are required to vacate properties at the review date where possible. The preferred alternative is to share existing Government property with other Departments.</p><p>DECC has followed this guidance where applicable and will seek to vacate properties (C) and (D) above within 2015.</p><p>As the lease in property (E) expires in 2016 DECC have already started to consult with other Departments on the possibility of sharing existing buildings with ongoing leases in the city.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 17/11/2014 17:02:37 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

147496

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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	213997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>We have interpreted ‘buildings’ to mean ‘sites’. A site can be made up of several of buildings.</p><p>The table below shows the number of sites sold by core Defra by financial year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>14/15 to date.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of sites sold</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/11/2014 15:45:30 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

147603

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, 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	213987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>DFID has not sold any properties from 2010 to date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 17/11/2014 17:36:19 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

155567

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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	214224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The requested information is not available in the format requested and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport reviews assets and land and property holdings on an ongoing basis and recently completed the Strategic Land &amp; Property Review to identify capital receipts in SR15. As and when appropriate any land or property holdings deemed surplus are promptly identified and disposed of in accordance with business needs.</p><p> </p><p>This has resulted in reductions in the cost of the department estate and improved space efficiency as reported in the annual State of the Estate Report:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total cost of the estate</strong></p></td><td><p>£166,096,850</p></td><td><p>£161,858,767</p></td><td><p>£154,653,361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Occupied space (m2) per FTE</strong></p></td><td><p>12.4</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition the Department for Transport has contributed land capable of delivering 3,752 homes to the Public Sector Land Programme during the current parliament, we are continuing to rationalise our estate, delivering cost savings and better value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/11/2014 10:59:17 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

155580

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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	214227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>In 1998, the Department sold all property interests as part of a PFI arrangement with Telereal Trillium. Since that date we have leased back fully serviced accommodation as part of the PRIME contract. In consequence, the Department does not own any buildings.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/11/2014 13:28:22 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

155491

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	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, 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	214219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of buildings sold by the Department since 2010 is detailed below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Buildings Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 17/11/2014 17:33:56 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

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

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