HC Deb 18 December 2000 vol 360 c53W
Mr. Steen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to ensure that street lighting on the Home Office Estate in Denbury, South Devon is set to GMT; and if he will make a statement on the administrative costs of collecting the annual fee from each household on the estate for this street lighting. [142943]

Mr. Boateng

The street lighting has been set to take account of the change to GMT. The annual charge to each private owner on the former Prison Service quarters estate for the street lighting and other services is collected on behalf of the prison by a collecting agent who charges the Prison Service an administrative fee of £25.75 per property.