§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs if he will list the buildings occupied by his departmental and agency staff which require(a)remedial work on and (b)removal of asbestos; what this work will cost; what budgets are available for this work for (i) 2004 and (ii) 2005; and what budget is available for future asbestos surveys. [159651]
§ Mr. LammyMy Department has 14 buildings that require remedial work and three buildings which require the removal of asbestos. These are:
Removal work
- Remedial work
- Inner London Sessions House,
- Royal Courts of Justice,
- Technology and Construction Court,
- Bow County Court,
- Clerkenwell County Court,
- Romford County Court,
- Willesden County Court,
- Woolwich County Court,
- Ilford County Court,
- West London County Court,
- Edmonton County Court,
- Brentford County Court,
- Wandsworth County Court,
- Shoreditch County Court
- Epsom County Court,
- Swansea Crown Court (Guildhall),
- Selborne House
The remedial works have a budget cost of £150,000 and the removal works a budget cost of £70,000. All remedial and removal works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2005. Future asbestos surveys will be funded from existing building maintenance budgets.
§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what proportion of buildings occupied by(a)staff of the Department and (b)staff of the Department's executive agencies have been surveyed for the purpose of identifying asbestos prior to the implementation of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002. [159657]
§ Mr. LammyMy Department will have had all of its HQ estate buildings surveyed for the purpose of identifying asbestos prior to the full implementation of the CAWR 2002. 72per cent. of the Court Service estate has been surveyed to date with the balance due to be completed in the financial year 2004–05.