§ Sir Keith SpeedTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the amount of office space owned, leased or rented by his Department and its agencies in London on 1 January in each year since 1989.
§ Mr. HanleyThe amount of office space on the civil estate-common user estate occupied in London by my Department and its agencies on 1 January in each year since 1989 was:
1 January Square metres 1989 306,694.80 1990 304,716.80 1991 308,880.10 1992 304,197.80 1993 334,461.30 1994 323,712.70 This figure is due to reduce by more than half by 1 January 1997. In addition, the London weather centre occupied 652 sq m of office space in Clerkenwell road from September 1992, following relocation from its previous site in High Holborn.
Details of office space in the defence estate in London are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.