§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much is spent annually in cleaning Government buildings; and what is the major cause of environmental damage to them.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 6 February 1990]It is not possible to say how much is spent annually in cleaning Government buildings.
There is no single identifiable major cause of environmental damage to Government buildings. This can be incurred as a result of accident or by airborne or waterborne chemicals and pollutants or through weather conditions, particularly those involving extremes of heat, cold, wind, rain or tide. Records of such damage are not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.