§ Mr. JamiesonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) in which city the Crown housing trust has its offices; and what has been the total cost of building and leasing the offices since 1 January 1994;
(2) in which city the defence housing executive has its offices; and what has been the total cost of building and leasing the offices.
§ Mr. SoamesThe staff initially recruited for a housing trust and now employed on setting up the defence housing executive were originally accommodated in Ministry of Defence offices in London. Since August 1994, they have occupied other Government offices in central London at a cost to my Department of approximately £165,000.