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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

142090

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	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, 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	213771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office sold the Freehold of 53 Parliament Street for £5.37m in March 2010.</p><p>The Government Property Unit, based in the Cabinet Office, has helped the Government exit over 1500 buildings, including over 800 freehold properties, in this Parliament. This has generated over £1.4 billion in receipts and achieved cumulative, gross run rate savings of over £600 million per year against a 2009/10 baseline.</p><p>If a previous Government had done more to dispose of unnecessary properties, the deficit which we inherited in 2010 would have been less.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 11/11/2014 17:16:18 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	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

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

147458

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	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, 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	213996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>DCMS has not sold any buildings between 2010 and 2014.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 17/11/2014 17:05:59 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

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