§ SIR BERKELEY SHEFFIELD (Lincolnshire, Brigg)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works how much of the old War Office in Pall Mall has been disposed of; whether by lease or otherwise; what the old rentals were; and what will be the annual receipts under the new arrangement.
§ MR. RUNCIMANThe parts of the old War Office which were given up (namely, Nos. 83 to 91, Pall Mall) were held at occupation rents amounting to £12,036 6s. 8d. per annum. Nearly one-third, viz., Nos. 83, 84, 85 and part of 86, are at present reserved for temporary offices for the Department of the Commissioners of Woods, or for preserving light thereto. An agreement has now been entered into for letting the remainder on a building lease at an ultimate rent of £7,500 per annum, the lessees to erect buildings to cost not less than £100,000.