HC Deb 15 October 2001 vol 372 c803W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by her Department, broken down by leases by the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies. [7817]

Clare Short

My Department has taken on three buildings in London over the last five years. These are our new headquarters building at 1 Palace Street, London SW1 (our current building being planned for demolition) and two smaller offices at 20 Victoria Street, London SW1, and Glen House, Stag Place, London SW1.

The buildings are all leased, with the annual rent being as follows: 1 Palace Street: £4,456,450 20 Victoria Street: £250,000 Glen House: £116,970. No current valuation for the properties is available. We have no next steps agencies or NDPBs.