§ Mr. Wainwrightasked the Minister of Public Building and Works if he will give the names, situation, and full financial details, of all office buildings rented by his Department on behalf of the Government.
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§ Mr. Sharples4,660 buildings, or parts of buildings, in the United Kingdom are leased by my Ministry to provide offices for Government Departments. I could not, therefore, undertake to publish a complete list. It would in any case be contrary to precedent to publish financial details of individual commercial transactions such as leases. Total expenditure on rents for offices in 1962–63 is about £8½ million.