HC Deb 02 June 1938 vol 336 cc2214-5
28. Mr. McEntee

asked the Home Secretary whether there was a maintenance. clause in the contracts for the new section house for unmarried police officers at Putney; what is the period or periods for maintenance and when do they expire for each contract; and what is the area, in acres, of the land on which the section house is built and which is estimated by his Department to be valued at £500?

Sir S. Hoare

The contracts contained maintenance clauses: for three months in the case of structural steelwork, ex- piring on 10th July, 1936, and for 12 months in the cases of the substructure, superstructure, engineering services and lift contracts, expiring on 1st July, 1937, 22nd, 31st and 20th January, 1939, respectively. The area of the land on which the section house is built is just under half an acre.