§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Attorney-General if he will list the buildings currently owned or rented by his Department, together with(a) the estimated value, (b) the annual rent and (c) the annual maintenance cost of each building in the current financial year.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe Departments for which I am responsible—the legal secretariat to the Law Officers, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Treasury Solicitor's Department and the Serious Fraud Office—occupy accommodation in 148 buildings in England and Wales, all of which form part of the common user estate which is administered by Property Holdings. The Secretary of State for the Environment will include the rent and maintenance costs borne by Property Holdings of this accommodation in his answer to a similar question from the hon. Member. The internal maintenance costs for the accommodation, when borne by Departments, are included with expenditure for other works and the information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Title Date let Duration Technical advice on aircraft emissions/air quality April 1991 1 year Hazards from residual fuel oils June 1991 8 months Clean up of rocky shorelines October 1991 6 months Oil thickness measurement November 1991 3 years Bulk cargoes: Japanese penetration method December 1991 3 months Sampling of operational discharge at sea January 1992 4 months Drainage and settlement: Iron ore concentrate—Phase 3 January 1992 4 months Technical advice on aircraft emissions/air quality April 1992 1 year Review of bioremediation techniques April 1992 9 months Use of demulsifiers June 1992 3 years Fate of chemicals feasibility study June 1992 6 months Review of refined products June 1992 20 months Dispersion—natural and chemically enhanced July 1992 6 months Feasibility study to forecast fuel consumption and exhaust emissions September 1992 8 months Eurospill (oil spill model) Extension September 1992 9 months Vapour cloud dispersion October 1992 6 months Review of sorbents October 1992 1 year Drainage and settlement: Iron ore concentrate—Phase 4 October 1992 8 months Emission tests on catalyst cars November 1992 2 months In-situ burning of oil November 1992 3 months Inservice performance of oily water separators and bilge monitors November 1992 3 months Modelling of sinking chemicals February 1993 4 months Assessment of emission abatement (cold conditions) March 1993 2 years The Department's plans for future research are set out in our research newsletter for 1993–94, copies of which are in the Library of the House.