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142062

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many buildings owned by the Law Officers' Departments have been sold in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	213770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Departments have not sold any buildings since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 11/11/2014 11:37:51 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

142067

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 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	213769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS Core) have not sold any buildings between 2010 and 2014. BIS Core do not own any freehold property to sell.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 11/11/2014 15:21:57 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

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

90410

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which organisations are the main occupants of his Department's properties at (a) Cannon House, Birmingham, (b) the NTI Building, Birmingham, (c) Queensway House, Billingham, (d) Stella House, Newcastle and (e) Westfield House, London; and what the value is of the total rent collected from all occupants in each of those buildings per year.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	208022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>The main tenants at Cannon House in Birmingham are the Insolvency Service (an executive agency of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills) who pays rent to the landlord for space within the building. No income is derived from any occupation of this building.</p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) no longer occupy any space within the NTI Building in Birmingham. The estates team for BIS are actively marketing the vacant space in the NTI building, Birmingham and are in discussion with an interested party.</p><p>BIS are not the leaseholders for Queensway House in Billingham. The space is leased from Stockton-On-Tees Borough Council. Therefore, this department do not receive rent for this space, they pay for their occupation in this location.</p><p>BIS no longer occupy any space within Stella House, Newcastle or Westfield House, London.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 10/09/2014 13:48:20 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

78987

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will review the Law Officers' Departments departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been engaged in a programme of estate reduction since 2010 which has reduced the annual running cost of its estate by £9.32m. This has been achieved by reducing the size of the estate from 95 buildings in 2010 to 59 sites, 15 of which are currently vacant or being used as storage and business continuity sites.</p><p>The CPS Estate Rationalisation Programme will continue into 2016 and by the end of 2016 the department expects to reduce the size of the estate to approximately 35 occupied buildings and 10 vacant sites with leases due to expire, reducing running costs by a further £10m per annum.</p><p>The other Law Officers’ Departments do not have sizable estates but have made significant efforts to reduce their estate running costs since 2010, including initiatives such as relocation to more cost effective properties and sharing premises with other organisations. The departmental estate costs of all departments are continually kept under review.</p><p>Full details on the size of the Government estate - including the Law Officers’ Departments - can be found in the latest State of the Estate Report (SofTE) which reports annually on progress made during the year in improving the efficiency of the Government’s Civil Estate. This is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/state-of-the-estate" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/state-of-the-estate</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 01/09/2014 14:13:01 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78988

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>There has been, and continues to be, substantial investment in reviewing BIS Departmental Estates in order to reduce costs. We have made substantial investment which has proven most successful in delivering an Estates Transition Programme.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 01/09/2014 15:48:11 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson attachment 1 file name PQ UIN 206680 - Departmental Estate.docx title Estates Transition Programme - Objectives
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78998

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010 the number of Cabinet Office buildings has reduced from 14 to 6 with an annual saving of around £10m. Further reductions are planned until 2016, to a total of 3 occupied properties, with a further £2m annual saving.</p><p>The State of the Estate Report (SofTE) provides annual progress updates on our work improving the efficiency of the Government’s Civil Estate. The Government estate is currently 2 million sq. m smaller since January 2010. More information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/state-of-the-estate" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/state-of-the-estate</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 01/09/2014 11:19:45 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

79003

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>HM Treasury occupies a small estate the core of which is the building at 1 Horse Guards Road. Space rationalisation since May 2010 in this building has allowed the Cabinet Office, the Northern Ireland Office, the Office of Parliamentary Counsel and UK Export Finance to be accommodated, generating £12m pa in rental income. In line with business planning HM Treasury regularly reviews its accommodation needs.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/09/2014 16:11:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

79010

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since 2010, the Department has had considerable success in reducing the cost of its wider estate through the rationalisation of retained office space and targeted building disposals. This has seen the Department surrender six leasehold office properties through a combination of lease breaks and expiries, generating net savings in the period of around £7 million per annum. The Department has also successfully sub-let surplus space across its leasehold office estate during the same period, reducing the overall property costs by around £6.5 million per annum.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Building on this success, in 2013-14, we have secured further savings of £4.6 million by subletting further space in Eland House in London ahead of vacating the building in September 2014. The move from Eland House to 2 Marsham Street will reduce my department’s running costs by £9 million a year from 2015-16. Overall, these changes will save taxpayers a total of £220 million over the lifetime of the building’s lease commitments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This illustrates the scope for local government and, indeed, the public sector as a whole to make sensible savings through better property management.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>In June 2013, supporting the Prime Minister’s commitment to support the development of small and medium enterprises, the Department agreed terms with business incubator providers to take vacant space at 2 Rivergate House in Bristol and Bridge House, Guildford. This is an important part of the Government’s drive to assist the start-up and small and medium enterprises business and we are also working with the Government Property Unit on potential Government Space for Growth opportunities in other properties held by DCLG.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 01/09/2014 14:32:22 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

79015

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>I am pleased to say that the Department has been making strong progress to date on the delivery of efficiency commitments made at Spending Review 2010 and Spending Round 2013 – which included reviewing the Department’s estate. The move last financial year to 100 Parliament Street and share space with HM Customs and Revenue is delivering savings of around £2m a year savings from 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010-11 expenditure on the departments estate has declined from £8,533,000 to a forecast cost for this financial year (2014-15) of £4,930,000 – a saving since 2010-11 of £3.6m per annum. We continue to look for savings and bear down on all unnecessary expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 02/09/2014 09:23:32 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby