London Weighting (Hansard, 25 October 2001)

§ Mr. Nicholas Brown

The total value of London weightings and London living allowances for the Department for Work and Pensions is £49,737,543.

London weightings and London allowances account for 2 per cent. of the Department's total wage bill. London staff represent 12 per cent. of the total staff in the Department.

These figures are correct as at 31 August 2001.

Building projects—expenditure
£ million
Description	Site	2001–02	2002–03	Total cost
Extension on existing site for the Pension Service.	Tyneview Park, Newcastle	n/a	n/a	¹10.0
Adaptation of three buildings for the Pension Service to accommodate circa 500 staff in each building.	Dundee	4.09	0.05	4.14
	Simonstone, Burnley	1.96	0.02	1.98
	Swansea	1.98	0.02	2.00
Provision of new, and reconstruction of existing, portacabins to accommodate staff on modernisation projects.	Lytham St. Annes	2.5	—	2.5
Construction project (new build) to provide Pathfinder Office for JobCentre Plus.	Birmingham South West	3.0	—	3.0
Reconstruction of a commercial premises to re-house staff in support of the Government's modernisation programme in Sheffield.	Sheffield	0.135	3.99	4.125
¹ The equivalent cost for Tyneview Park is given as this is part of an Inland Revenue-led PFI project and hence no capital cost is involved.

Refurbishment projects—expenditure 2001–02
£ million
Description	Site	¹Total
Renovation and refurbishment of existing DWP office buildings to provide new Pathfinder Offices for JobCentre Plus.	Aberdeen	1.33
	Blackburn	2.663
	Greenock	2.091
	Harlesden	1.79
	Kilburn	1.31
	Neasden	1.69
	Port Glasgow	1.47
	Southend	1.39
	Streatham	1.515
	Wallasey	2.404
	Wembley	1.25
Renovation and refurbishment of existing DWP accommodation (in three buildings) to house staff to administer Carers Allowance for over 60s.	Preston Office Centre	1.0
¹ All refurbishment projects to be delivered this financial year.