§ Mr. Cleggasked the Minister of Public Building and Works how many square feet of new office accommodation has been built or rented for the Department of Inland Revenue in each of the years between 1964 and 1969 ; and what has been the cost.
§ Mr. John SilkinInformation is not available in precisely the form requested. The amount of additional usable office102W space occupied by Inland Revenue during the twelve months preceding the following dates was approximately :—
October 1964 … 10.000 sq. ft. October 1965 … 50,000 sq. ft. October 1966 … 330.000 sq. ft. October 1967 … 110.000 sq. ft. October 1968 … 520,000 sq. ft. The above allows for reallocations within the Ministry's estate.
§ Mr. Cleggasked the Minister of Public Building and Works how many extra square feet of office accommodation has been occupied by Government Departments in the years 1964, 1965, 1967. 1968 and 1969.
§ Mr. John SilkinIn terms of usable office space, the increases for the twelve months ending 1st October each year were:—
1964 … … 1.2 million sq. ft. 1965 … … 1.6 million sq. ft. 1966 … … 1.7 million sq. ft. 1967 … … 1.9 million sq. ft. 1968 … … 2.1 million sq. ft.
§ Mr. Cleggasked the Minister of Public Building and Works how many square feet of office space is scheduled to be built or rented for rehousing the Department of Inland Revenue ; and how much it will cost.
§ Mr. John SilkinThe programme of computer centres for P.A.Y.E. and other routine work includes about 6 million sq. ft. to be provided over a period of 10 years at an estimated cost of £57 million. Some of this accommodation will be provided on an interim basis by short-term hirings. Since the Inland Revenue shares many buildings with other Departments, information about other Inland Revenue offices is not readily available.