§ Mr. BoatengTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the number of office buildings acquired by Her Majesty's Government in the London SW1 area since 1980, the additional square footage now available and the number of civil servants now working in these new offices; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 23 February 1989]: The present size of the Government office estate in the London SW1 postal district is approximately 754,000 sq m. Equivalent figures for 1980 for this postal district are not available. Details of the number of civil servants working in SW I are not available, but for Greater London as a whole the total floor space in offices on PSA's estate works out to an average of 18.8 sq m per non-industrial civil servant.