§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the square footage and cost of office space rented by his Department and its agencies and the number of his Department's or agencies' buildings partly, or fully unoccupied together with the square footage of that unoccupied office space and its estimated rental value where available in each of the past five financial years. [27723]
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§ Mr. WillettsThe Cabinet Office and its agencies occupy both freehold and leasehold property. The
Cabinet Office including Office of Public Service Square footage of rented accommodation Cost (£) Number of partly, or wholly vacant buildings Square footage Cost 1993–94 34,498 222,740 Nil — — 1994–95 30,804 398,429 Nil — — 1995–96 49,542 595,588 Nil — —
OPS agencies excluding Property Advisers to the Civil Estate Square footage of rented accommodation Cost (£) Number of partly, or wholly vacant buildings Square footage Cost 1993–94 207,600 3,765,759 nil — — April-August 19941 203,804 3,009,325 nil September 1994–March 1995 183,031 3,009,325 nil — — 1995–96 182,733 2,174,325 nil — — 1 The Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency relocated to Norwich in September 1994 and gave up space as a result of the move. Property Advisers to the Civil Estate
PACE came into existence on 1 April 1996. Property Holdings, the predecessor to PACE, was responsible for the Government civil office estate. The cost of occupied space was recharged to
Costs of vacant buildings on the Civil Estate (£) Square footage of vacant space at end of year Vacant space as a percentage of the Civil Estate 1993–94 86,500,000 8,180,000 10.1 1994–95 90,900,000 10,086,000 12.5 1995–96 133,600,000 10,947,000 13.6 Property Holdings also had its own accommodation, a headquarters building and seven regional offices. The information
Square footage of rented accommodation Cost (£) Number of partly, or wholly vacant buildings Square footage Cost 1993–94 97,240 2,455,000 Nil — — 1994–95 88,200 2,261,000 Nil — — 1995–96 88,510 2,066,000 Nil — — Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1993–94 168,983 512,239 2 16,838 39,906 1994–95 168,983 508,202 2 28,520 49,196 1995–96 170,631 478,733 1 42,867 72,144 Central Office of Information 1993–94 204,481 1,532,461 1 4,094 66,527 1994–95 148,938 2,024,971 1 10,700 173,875 1995–96 148,938 2,050,065 1 15,363 249,649