§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what the capital cost will be of moving his offices to Nobel house, Milibank; and what the additional revenue costs will be to his Department, including the costs of rehousing the civil servants he displaces. [10134]
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£000 Provision Actual 1995–96 Provisional outturn 1996–97 Estimate 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Payments to fanners 38,477 50,193 63,007 74,152 89,418 Departmental running costs 2,631 3,932 4,593 4,849 4,980 Payments to FRCA 7,206 9,616 9,389 9,820 9,820 Monitoring and other support costs 4,670 3,319 2,988 2,162 2,027 Total 52,984 67,060 79,977 90,983 106,245 1 Environmentally sensitive areas scheme, countryside stewardship scheme from 1996–97, nitrate sensitive areas scheme, habitat scheme, organic aid scheme, moorland scheme, countryside access scheme, farm woodland scheme and farm woodland premium scheme.
§ Mr. MorleyThe estimated cost of moving offices to Nobel house, which is within the MAFF estate, is £120,000. The additional estimated revenue costs to the Ministry, including the costs of rehousing civil servants, is £947,000. This includes an occupancy charge of £367,000 for additional accommodation which is payable to the Property Advisers to the Civil Estate, an executive agency of the Cabinet Office. Expenditure of this order would have been incurred anyway within the next few years when the Ministry renovated its Whitehall place offices, and is therefore not additional, taking a medium-term view.