HC Deb 18 February 1998 vol 306 cc692-3W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his estimate of the cost of buildings refurbishment carried out by his Department in(a) 1995–96, (b) 1996–97, (c) 1997–98 to date and (d) 1997–98 full year; and if he will make a statement. [26665]

Mr. Fatchett

[holding answer 5 February 1998]: The following are the costs (£) of building refurbishment carried out by the Department:

£
Year Home estate Overseas estate Total
1995–96 118,273,605 22,267,500 40,541,105
1996–97 219,919,116 15,888,400 35,807,516
1997–98 1,891,526 6,145,000 8,036,526
1997–98 (Full year) 2,400,525 310,517,000 12,917,525
1,2 Includes expenditure for the completion in February 1997 of the refurbishment of the Old Public Offices which started in 1980.
3 Some planned refurbishment and preventive maintenance expenditure deferred to future years; resources reallocated to fund immediate requirement for new millennium-compliant IT.

Mr. Swinney

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the location and running costs in the last year for which figures are available of each of his Department's buildings. [30104]

Mr. Fatchett

The following is the information:

£
Location Running Costs financial year 96–97
Main Building London SW1 4,941,972
Old Admiralty Building London SW1 3,434,074
1 Palace Street London SW1 6,636,354
24 Whitehall London SW1 651,865
8 Cleveland Row London SW1 278,692
1 Carlton Gardens London SW1 192,058

£
Location Running Costs financial year 96–97
Cromwell House London SW1 1,503,519
20 Victoria Street London SW1 738,635
4 Matthew Parker Street London SW1 1,259, 745
Clive House London SW1 758,344
Apollo House Croydon 768,943
Hanslope Park Buckinghamshire 3,587,148
Creslow Buckinghamshire 104,367
Gawcott, Buckinghamshire 12,405
Orfordness Suffolk 142,806

The remainder of the information requested, in respect of the Overseas Estate which comprises of some 3,900 properties in 144 countries is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.