§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he 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 refurbishments.
§ Mr. LangProperty Holdings is responsible for much of the major refurbishment work in premises occupied by the Scottish Office. The Scottish Office carries out a considerable amount of small-scale refurbishment throughout its estate; individual projects costing more than £50,000 are set out in the following table:
349W
Building Cost £ Nature of refurbishment 1991—92 Cameron House, Oban 75,000 Provision of new carpeting, furniture and blinds Pentland House, Edinburgh 60,000 New furniture Saughton House, Edinburgh 50,000 Recarpeting corridors St. Andrew's House, Edinburgh 60,000 Recarpeting fourth floor 1992–93 Brandon Street, Edinburgh 107,700 Reorganisation and new furniture for 200 staff Brandon Street, Edinburgh 122,000 New IT furniture to comply with legislation and new storage units Longman Road, Inverness 140,000 New IT furniture to comply with legislation; new storage units and recarpeting Longman Road, Inverness 100,000 Contributions towards refurbishment of building by Property Holdings Pentland House, Edinburgh 65,000 Uprating of entrance and public reception areas Brooms Road, Dumfries 50,800 New furniture 1993–94 Dover House, London 59,000 Resiting radio studio and converting space to office use James Craig Walk, Edinburgh 51,000 Contribution towards rewiring of building by Property Holdings Broom Road, Dumfries 52,000 New IT and storage furniture and recarpeting James Craig Walk, Edinburgh 140,000 Upgrading of work processing training centre