§ Pete WishartTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will estimate the total running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by his Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by his Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK. [6795]
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§ Mr. WillsBuildings used, owned or rented by the Department fall into two categories: those managed by the Court Service and those managed centrally by the Department. The Court Service manages the estate of all of the Crown Courts, county courts, the Supreme Court estate and probate estate, the Tribunal buildings and also regional administration buildings. Magistrates' courthouses are owned or leased by the local paying authority on behalf of Magistrates Courts Committees.
The running costs and average costs per square metre of Court Service buildings by nation are contained in Table 1 and the running costs and average costs per square metre by region are contained in Table 2.
Properties managed centrally by the Department include central administration buildings and associated offices. The running costs and average costs per square metre of these buildings by nation are contained in Table 3 and the running costs and average costs per square metre by region are contained in Table 4.
The estimate of the average cost per square metre for properties used by the Lord Chancellor's Department is contained in Table 5.
Table 1: Running cost of Court Service buildings by nation £ Nation Cash Expenditure Cost per sq. metre England 198,795,765.55 267.59 Wales 7,817,644.14 171.77 Scotland 108,103.36 222.49 Northern Ireland 0.00 0.00 1014W
Table 2: Running cost of Court Service buildings by region £ Cash Expenditure Cost per sq. metre English region East Midlands 8,734,161.88 257.14 Eastern 13,749,700.07 249.58 Greater London 76,764,257.36 331.10 North East 6,817,304.27 195.10 North West 24,874,647.12 224.66 South East 22,638,385.67 249.06 South West 14,255.109.91 256.66 West Midlands 15,516,402.06 251.32 Yorkshire and Humberside 15,445,887.21 226.55 Devolved nations Wales 7,817,644.14 171.77 Scotland 108,103.36 222.49 Northern Ireland 0.00 0.00
Table 3: Running costs for LCD by nation £ Nation Cash Expenditure Cost per sq. metre England 16,834,052.00 372.81 Wales 0.00 0.00 Scotland 0.00 0.00 Northern Ireland 0.00 0.00
Table 4: Running costs for LCD by region £ Cash Expenditure Cost per sq. metre English region East Midlands 0.00 0.00 Eastern 0.00 0.00 Greater London 16,550,947.51 380.70 North East 64,060.00 163.59 North West 114,958.78 291.11 South East 0.00 0.00 South West 104,085.28 131.66 West Midlands 0.00 0.00 Yorkshire and Humberside 0.00 0.00
Table 5: Average running cost of the Lord Chancellor's Department per square metre £ per sq. metre Whole estate 240.00
§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department 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 those leased by the Department itself, its next steps 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. [7819]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe Lord Chancellor's Department has leased 34 additional locations over the past five years for various parts of the organisation and for varying lease terms. Five of the locations are occupied by the Department or its associated offices (the Legal Services Ombudsman's Office); 24 for its executive agencies (The Court Service and the Public Guardianship Office) and five for its NDPBs (CAFCASS and the Public Defender Service Offices). The creation of CAFCASS and the Public Defender Service offices prompted the acquisition of new properties; expansion of the organisation and/or rationalisation of the departmental estate drove the remaining acquisitions. Full details of the acquisitions are set out in the schedule.
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Lord Chancellor's Department property acquisitions 1997–2001 Property Location Occupier Demise Annual rent (£) Lease commenced Department and associated offices Southside London LCD 3rd Floor (front) 454,850 July 1999 Southside London LCD 3rd Floor (rear) 302,400 April 2000 30 Millbank London LCD 5th Floor 195,160 February 2001 Tower House Bristol LCD Part 13th Floor 22,889 May 2001 Sunlight House Manchester LCD1 Suite 303 101,007 August 2001 Executive agencies Lincoln Group Manager's Office Lincoln Court Service 6,250 February 1997 Taylor House London Court Service2 775,000 July 1997 Oldham County Court Oldham Court Service 198,144 September 1997 London Court Service (OSSCSC) 145,732.50 November 1998 Bangor Probate Registry Bangor Court Service 3,750 January 1998 Sheffield Group Manager's Office Sheffield Court Service 46,500 January 1999 First Avenue House London Court Service3 2,332,000 April 1999 Nottingham Group Manager's Office Nottingham Court Service 30,160 June 1999 Exeter Group Manager's Office Exeter Court Service 239,750 November 1999 Cambridge County Court Cambridge Court Service 171,000 November 1999 Uxbridge County Court Uxbridge Court Service 162,000 December 1999 Newcastle Group Manager's Office Newcastle Court Service 37,940 January 2000 Brighton Family Centre Brighton Court Service 176,000 March 2000 Farringdon Court Service (IAA) 190,320 March 2000 Hounslow Court Service (IAA) 100,035 March 2000 Ashford County Court Ashford Court Service 25,875 June 2000 Bromley Court Service (IAA) 3,000 July 2000 Hounslow Court Service (IAA) 125,440 August 2000 Glasgow Court Service (IAA) 206,624 September 2000 Haverfordwest County Court Haverfordwest Court Service 32,095 October 20004 Manchester Combined Tribunals Manchester Court Service 56,550.50 March 2001 Shrewsbury County Court Shrewsbury Court Service 47,000 June 2001 Breams Buildings London Court Service (IAA) 1,961,224 July 2001 Archway Tower5 London Public Guardianship Office 884,000 April 2001 Non-departmental public bodies Palace Street London CAFCASS 6th Floor 57,720 April 20016 John Street North Liverpool Public Defenders Service (PDS) 730,000 January 2001 Albert Road Middlesbrough PDS 836,425 February 2001 Orchard Street Swansea PDS 923,500 March 2001 Priory House Birmingham PDS 12,000 April 2001 1 Office of Legal Services Ombudsman 2 Immigration Appellate Authority—IAA 3 Principle Registry of the Family Division 4 Minor occupier in other Government building 5 This lease was new to the Department but not new to Government 6 For six months as a sublease from MAFF 7 Rent free for six months 8 Rent free for nine months 9 Rent free for two years