HC Deb 15 May 1989 vol 153 c4W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the property costs, including rent, asset replacement and rates of his Department in total, in each standard both in total and per square foot for each year since 1983.

Mrs. Rumbold

Information in the precise form requested is not available without incurring disproportionate cost. The Department has, however, paid the Property Services Agency for accommodation and services under the property repayment system since 1 April 1984. Under these arrangements, annual charges for accommodation, including those incurred by non-departmental public bodies sponsored by the Department and Her Majesty's inspectorate, have been as follows:

arranging for a list of these research projects to be sent to the right hon. Member and for a copy to be placed in the Library.

I regret that it is not possible to provide details of research conducted prior to 1976.