§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the(a) location of, (b) running costs of, (c) salary costs of and (d) number of staff based at the head office of the Ordnance Survey; and what percentage of (i) salary, (ii) general administration expenditure and (iii) capital expenditure costs relate to (1) London and (2) Scotland. [36118]
§ Mr. RaynsfordOrdnance Survey's headquarters are located in Southampton. It moved to Hampshire from the Tower of London following a fire at the Tower in 1841.
161WRunning costs and salary costs relating to the 1,300 Ordnance Survey staff based at its Southampton headquarters for 1996/97 (latest available information) are as follows:
£ million Running costs 29.9 Salary costs 33.8 The percentage of Ordnance Survey's salary, general administration (running costs) and capital expenditure costs relating to London and Scotland as a percentage of the total cost of these items for Ordnance Survey in 1996/97 (latest available information) is as follows:
percentage London Scotland Salary costs 0.5 3.4 Running costs 0.2 1.9 Capital expenditure 0.2 0.7 Ordnance Survey's presence in central London is a field office in Vauxhall. The above costs relate to this field office.