§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will itemise the refurbishment works undertaken on buildings housing departmental staff in the last three years, indicating the costs involved and the nature of the refurbishment.
§ Mr. SackvilleCapital expenditure on accommodation excluding furniture by the Department of Health over the last three years totalled £4.4 million in 1991–92, £16.6 million in 1992–93 and £3.7 million in 1993–94. Nearly all this expenditure related to the London accommodation198W strategy, by which the Department was able to reduce its accommodation in London from 22 buildings to five. Rationalisation of the London estate has made a major contribution to the annual saving of £13 million in the running costs of the Department's offices.