§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the refurbishment projects that
1066W(a) are in progress and (b) will start within the next six months; and what action is being taken to ensure that these will procure certified timber. [59759]
§ Beverley HughesThe information on existing and forthcoming refurbishment projects with a value over £500,000 in the Home Office including its executive agencies (but excluding sponsored non-departmental public bodies) is as follows:
Projects currently in progress Establishment Project Main Home Office estate Croydon file store Refurbishment Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Whitgift Centre, Croydon Partial refitting Riverside Exchange, Sheffield Partial refitting Prison Service Ashwell Replace wooden buildings—Phase 3 Aylesbury Wing refurbishment Birmingham Health care modifications Birmingham Redevelopment Brinsford New education building Brixton Refurbish Health Care/National roofing programme Camp Hill Wing refurbishment Cardiff Wing refurbishment/Additional cells Dorchester Replace kitchen Dover Re-role Durham Wing refurbishment Eastwood Park Safer locals programme Everthorpe Over roofing Feltham Safer locals programme Feltham Conversion of buildings Frankland DSPD Unit Gartree Wing refurbishment Gloucester Replace kitchen/National roofing programme Hull Redevelopment Huntercombe New education building/Extend workshop Kirkham Replace accommodation units Lancaster Farms New workshop complex Leeds New gatehouse Leeds Safer locals programme Lincoln Wing refurbishment Lindholme Leger club refurbishment Long Lartin Wing refurbishment Maidstone Wing refurbishment New Hall New gate complex Portland New care and custody unit Risley New houseblock Stoke Health New education building The Weare Refit/Re-mooring Wakefield Wing refurbishment Wandsworth Refurbish workshop Wandsworth New kitchen Winchester Safer locals programme 1067W
Projects due to commence within the next six months Establishment Project Main Home Office estate Horseferry House, London Refitting of 6th and 7th floors to house more staff Ashley House, London Refitting to house more staff Allington Towers, London Refitting to provide temporary accommodation Metro Point, Canterbury House and St. Anne's, Croydon Fit out works IND, Whitgift Centre. Croydon Major refurbishment Prison Service Ashwell Replace wooden buildings—Phase 4 Askham Grange Mother and baby unit Birmingham Redevelopment Birmingham Safer locals programme
Projects due to commence within the next six months Establishment Project Branston New stores Brockhill New kitchen Buckley Hall New kitchen Camp Hill Roof repairs to workshops Chelmsford Health care centre Drake Hall New kitchen Eastwood Park Mother and baby unit Eastwood Park Safer locals programme Everthorpe Upgrade main gate Feltham Safer locals programme—relocate health care Highpoint North Wing refurbishment Hindley Separation: New education and workshop Kirklevington New kitchen Leeds Safer locals programme Pentonville Health care centre Portland Wing refurbishment Preston Wing refurbishment Stafford Create pedestrian entrances Swansea Separation of pedestrian entrance Thorn Cross Renew roof coverings Wandsworth Safer locals programme—Phase 1 Wandsworth Safer locals programme—Phase 2 Weal stun Replace accommodation blocks Winchester Safer locals programme Winchester New visits United Kingdom Passport Agency Peterborough Passport Office Counter refurbishment National Probation Directorate
In addition to the projects listed in the tables, 155 refurbishment project on the National Probation Directorate estate are either under way or are planned to begin within the next nine months. The average cost will be approximately £100,000. Full details could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Pending the issue of central technical guidance the Home Office did not require contracts to specify certified timber although its use was encouraged. Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) issued a model timber procurement clause in May which has been widely disseminated across the Department and all contracts for future major capital build schemes which involve the use of timber will require contractors to demonstrate that such timber will be provided from properly certified sources. This includes the new Home Office headquarters in Marsham Street.