§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the cost to date, and what is the annual cost, of the Link road offices in(a) Wanstead and (b) Leyton.
§ Mr. NorrisThis is an operational matter for the Highways Agency.
I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Harry Cohen dated 13 February 1995:
Mr. Steven Norris has asked me to write in response to your recent Parliamentary Question about the cost of the Link Road Offices.Our records do not disaggregate the costs of the Wanstead and Leyton offices. However, since we did not take over the Leyton premises until early 1993, very little, if any, costs for this accrued before the 1993/94 financial year. All the figures include staff costs, but since staff are not allocated specifically to one office it is not possible to split their costs between the two.The total costs of both offices are:
Financial year Cost £ 1992–93 174,976 1993–94 260,673 1994–95 to date 172,153 Total 607,802 Our estimate of future running costs is about £200,000 annually.