HC Deb 15 May 1989 vol 153 cc90-1W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the property costs, including rent, asset replacement and rates of his Department in total, in each standard both in total and per square foot for each year since 1983.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Information in the precise form requested is not available. Home Office properties are divided into three separate estates for property management purposes, each of which is treated differently: the property repayment services (PRS) estate, comprising properties for which the Property Services Agency is responsible; the prisons estate, which is directly managed by the prison department; and the non-PRS estate, comprising mainly the directorate of telecommunications and centrally provided police research and training establishments. Accommodation and property costs information available for each of the three estates since 1983 is as follows:

Home Office PRS estate 1983–88 £K(£ per square foot)
Rent Rates Maintenance PSA Administration Fuel and Utilities
1983–84 18,128 10,870 4,659 1,019 2,408
(11.48) (6.88) (2.95) (0.63) (1.53)
1984–85 19,309 11,614 5,262 1,159 2,657
(10.83) (6.51) (2.95) (0.65) (1.49)
1985–86 20,538 11,527 5,719 1,264 3,054
(11.98) (6.72) (3.34) (0.74) (1.78)
1986–87 21,692 9,329 5,844 1,214 2,854
(12.63) (5.43) (3.40) (0.71) (1.66)
1987–88 22,401 9,059 5,336 1,159 2,806
(13.33) (5.39) (3.18) (0.69) (1.67)
1988–89 22,811 9,293 7,159 1,587 2,569
(15.26) (6.22) (4.79) (1.06) (1.72)

Home Office—Prisons estate 1983–88
£k
Year Rent Rates Maintenance Heating fuels Utilities
1983–84 524 4,179 22,290 13,272 11,300
1984–85 375 4,461 25,183 15,724 11,673
1985–86 246 5,177 22,535 13,375 13,205
1986–87 547 6,758 20,474 8,294 15,982
1987–88 520 7,724 24,129 8,042 15,878
1988–89 577 8,750 27,344 9,643 16,528

Home Office–Non PRS Miscellaneous estate 1983–88
£k
1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Total property costs 3,196 3,214 3,312 4,942 5,376 5,594