§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 15 May,Official Report, column 101, if he will list all the accommodation rented by the Welsh Office in Cardiff and elsewhere, indicating the percentage of use in each case and the remaining length of the lease and annual rental. [25167]
§ Mr. RedwoodFor reasons of commercial confidentiality, it is Government policy not to disclose information about rent levels for individual properties. The total amount of rent paid in 1994–95 was £4,131,761. Other information requested is given in the following table.
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Welsh Office accommodation on the Common User Estate (CUE) Property Welsh1 Office occupation (per cent.) Tenure Lease expiry Cathays Park, Crown Building (CP1) 100.00 Freehold — Cathays Park, New Crown Building (CP2) 69.95 Freehold — Government Buildings, Llanishen 10.80 Freehold — Caradog House, Cardiff 5.53 Leasehold 28 September 2000 Golate House, Cardiff 100.00 Leasehold 29 September 1999 Bessemer Road, Cardiff 100.00 Leasehold 31 January 1999 John Williams Building, Cardiff 74.28 Leasehold 23 June 2000 Southgate House, Cardiff 4.85 Leasehold 22 September 2019 Brunel House, Cardiff 56.00 Leasehold 24 March 1999 Ty Nant, Swansea 2.58 Freehold — Pontfaen Road, Lampeter 20.97 Freehold — Picton Terrace, Carmarthen 53.03 Freehold — Jobs Well Lane, Carmarthen 100.00 Freehold — 8 Barn Street, Haverfordwest 43.13 Freehold — 4 and 5 Hamilton Terrace, Milford Haven 100.00 Leasehold 10 September 1998 Spa Road East, Llandrindod Wells 88.87 Freehold — Park Street, Newtown 16.00 Freehold — Canal Road, Brecon 35.81 Freehold — Royal Welsh Pavillion Showground, Builth Wells 100.00 Leasehold 31 December 2082 Y Buarth, Aberystwyth 100.00 Leasehold 24 December 2054 Bryn Adda, Bangor 2.20 Freehold — Dinerth Road, Colwyn Bay 33.99 Freehold — New Crown Building, Ruthin 46.35 Freehold — Penrallt, Caernarfon 52.00 Freehold — Newry Street, Holyhead 18.25 Leasehold 24 December 2009 Arran Road, Dolgellau 1.81 Freehold — Chartist Tower, Newport 1.06 Leasehold 23 June 1998 23 Gold Tops, Newport 100.00 Leasehold 23 June 1997 14 King Street, Carmarthen 50.96 Freehold — Gwydyr House, Whitehall 100.00 Freehold — 1 Represents the amount of accommodation within each of the respective CUE properties occupied by the Welsh Office. Where there is a balance of space it is not the responsibility of the Welsh Office. There is no space currently within Welsh Office occupations which is surplus to its needs.