HC Deb 15 December 1994 vol 251 cc729-30W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will itemise the refurbishment works undertaken on buildings housing departmental staff in the last three years, indicating the costs involved and the nature of the refurbishments.

Mr. Dorrell

Between April 1992, when my Department was established and the end of the 1993–94 financial year, £519,000 was spent refurbishing a building on the government estate for use as part of my Department's headquarters. In the same period, the Historic Royal Palaces agency spent £432,203 on refurbishment of staff accommodation. The Royal Parks agency spent £1.47 million on refurbishment projects in the same period, which included conversion of an old police house into its headquarters offices, and various works on parks lodges and visitor centres thoroughout its parks in London.