§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing, for each of the last four years, the cost of new works, alterations, repairs and maintenance, supply of furniture and operating expenses, fuel, gas, water, elec
630Wmain RSG orders for 1975–76 to 1977–78 are shown in the attached tables. Equivalent figures for 1978–79 are not yet available.
tricity and maintenance of furniture on each of the houses and flats used by Ministers.
§ Mr. MarksThe information is not available in the form requested because all the flats currently used by Ministers form part of larger Government properties and separate cost records for the flats alone have not been kept. However, 631W approximate assessed costs for 1976–77
Maintenance Gas, Water and Electricity Supplies Services £ £ £ 11 Downing Street … … … … 1,500 2,150 3,100 Three Flats in Admiralty House … … 3,100 1,380 5,700 Flat in Palace of Westminster … … … 1,300 140 (Water costs not available) 100 In future more accurate details of running costs will be maintained to enable the taxation provisions for residences in the 1977 Finance Act to be implemented. As previously stated in my answer of 26th October, any new works services undertaken normally relate to the whole buildings and separate attribution is not normally possible.—[Vol. 936, c. 863–4.]