§ Mr. BETTERTONasked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will state the rent the Government are paying for No. 1. Grosvenor Place; what the premises are now being used for; what is the number of the staff now employed there; and when he proposes to vacate possession and hand the house back to its owners?
§ Sir A. MONDThe rent is £3,000 per annum, exclusive of rates and taxes; the" premises are being used for a staff of the Mechanical Transport, Contracts and Supply Department of the Ministry of Munitions, but the bulk of this staff has already been removed from the premises and only forty-seven now remain. Arrangements are already in hand for the removal of the remaining staff, and it is hoped that vacant possession will be given to the owners in the course of a few days.