§ Mr. Denzil Daviesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total area of accommodation occupied by Government Departments under lease from private landlords in the non-development areas of England and in the development areas of England, Wales and Scotland, respectively, in the year 1971.
§ Mr. AmeryThe information cannot be provided in the form requested without an undue expenditure of time and effort. A number of Government Departments lease their own accommodation: the records of accommodation leased by the Department of the Environment do not readily distinguish between that in development areas and non-development areas nor between that leased from private and other landlords.
The areas of accommodation held on lease by the Department of the Environment in December, 1971, for occupation by Government Departments were:
Region Occupied for office purposes '000 sq. ft. Occupied for other purposes '000 sq. ft. Scotland 1,800 568 Wales 1,200 160 North Eastern 2,700 645 Eastern 1,400 119 South Eastern 1,100 234 Southern 1,200 508 South Western 1,300 166 Midland 2,000 296 North Western 3,700 1,183 London 13,600 3,306 30,000 7,185
§ Mr. Denzil Daviesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total amount of rent paid by Government departments to private landlords for the year 1971 in respect of 385W premises situated in the non-development areas of England, and in the development areas of England, Wales, and Scotland, respectively.
§ Mr. AmeryThe information cannot be provided in the form requested without an undue expenditure of time and effort. A number of Government Departments lease their own accommodation: the records of accommodation leased by the Department of the Environment do not readily distinguish between that in development areas and non-development areas nor between that leased from private and other landlords.
The rent paid by the Department of the Environment to landlords in the year 1971–72 in respect of premises occupied by Government Departments was:
Region £000 Scotland 1,371 Wales 830 North Eastern 1,879 Eastern 1,320 South Eastern 868 Southern 992 South Western 911 Midland 1,512 North Western 3,400 London 27,277 40,360