§ Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bayasked Her Majesty's Government:
In accordance with principles for relocation set out at paragraph 10.3 of the Lyons report, which government departments or sponsored bodies have received approval from HM Treasury since 9 September 2003 to enter into or renew a significant property commitment in London, showing in each case the amount of space and its purpose. [HL3428]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Lord McIntosh of Haringey)The cases where the Treasury has agreed to proposals from departments and public bodies to enter into or renew property commitments from 10 September 2003 are listed below. In each of these cases, the case for relocation out of London and the south-east was fully explored. Treasury approval for these projects is consistent with the key principles set out in the Lyons report. The Government are tightening the requirement for departments to consult 79WA HM Treasury before taking on any significant new property in London and the south-east.
The implementation of departmental efficiency and relocation programmes will clearly have implications for the management of the public sector estate and
Organisation Location Office Space (sq m) Purpose for New Lease Treasury Solicitor's Department 1 Kemble Street 9,300 To conduct the Department's full range of business activities currently undertaken at Queen Anne's Chambers in Westminster, London (and making use of space owned by a public corporation) Office of the Deputy Prime Minister—Audit Commission Millbank Tower, Westminster 5,100 To consolidate four London offices into a single office Department for Education and Skills—Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service Wyndham House, South Quay, Docklands 1,400 To deliver the full range of the Service's responsibilities currently undertaken at Newspaper House in the City of London Department of Health—Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Bloomsbury Street 1,200 To deliver the Authority's responsibilities currently undertaken at two sites in Paxton House and the Fruit and Wool Exchange (and making use of existing civil estate) Department of Health—University College London Hospitals NHS Trust 250 Euston Road 13,500 To consolidate office space as part of a wider project to redevelop the hospital and provide local services Department of Health—Commission for Social Care and Inspection 33 Greycoat Street, Westminster 1,600 To serve as headquarters for the newly constituted Commission Department of Health—Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Market Towers, Vauxhall 2,700 To deliver the new Agency's responsibilities following the merger of the Medical Devices Agency and the Medicines Control Agency The table below lists lease extensions approved since 10 September 2003:
Organisation Location Office Space (sq m) Purpose for Lease Extension Home Office—National Criminal Intelligence Service Spring Gardens 3,000 To create a policing unit for London and to enhance services to the South East Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Nobel House, Westminster 13,500 Extending the lease forms part of the Department's London headquarters estates strategy to reduce its size by 50 per cent and to concentrate its London presence in four buildings close together Department of Trade and Industry Elizabeth House, York Road 2,800 To ensure that the Department has sufficient capacity in the short term to make possible the necessary consolidation of its accommodation from the current six buildings in London to two buildings