§ Sir R. Russellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state the number of square feet of office space in central London occupied by the Civil Service in October, 1969, June, 1970 and the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. AmeryThe following figures relate to headquarters offices in central London, broadly defined as the 1961 census area, which has been retained to ensure consistency of comparison. The areas quoted exclude storage and basements ancillary to office space.
Square feet October, 1969 9,565,627 April, 1970 9,933,005 October, 1971 10,305,549 Statistics are compiled for April and October each year; June, 1970, figures are not available.