HC Deb 23 July 2004 vol 424 cc742-5W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask, the Deputy Prime Minister what(a) renovation and (b) maintenance projects on buildings (i) owned and (ii) rented by his Department were undertaken in each of the last five years; and what the associated costs were of each. [163957]

Phil Hope

[pursuant to the reply, 4 May 2004, Official Report, c. 1433W]: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was established in May 2002. Since that date the following renovation and maintenance projects have been undertaken al the properties (i) owned and (ii) rented by the office. All figures are exclusive of VAT.

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not collect data on its expenditure on office furniture.

Mrs. Spelman

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the(a) running costs and (b) total expenditure of (i) the Greater London Authority, (ii) each of the Government offices for the regions, (iii) the regional observatories and regional intelligence groups and (iv) the regional housing boards was in each year since each was established. [185009]

Phil Hope

The Greater London Authority's net expenditure on services (excluding reserve transfers) since its establishment in May 2000 is as follows:

£ million
2000–01 120.5
2001–02 32.9
2002–03 45.5
2003–04 250.1
2004–05 363.3
1 Part year only.
2 Provisional outturn.
3 Budget.

Information about how much of this expenditure is specifically for running costs are not held by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

The running costs for each Government Office for the period 1995–/96 until 2003–04, and their budgets for the current year, are detailed in the following table. The Government Offices now carry out activity on behalf of 10 Government Departments compared with four Departments in 1995–96. In 2002–03 they managed or influenced around £9 billion of Government expenditure broken down by region as follows: North East—£664 million; North West—£1,430 million; Yorkshire and the Humber—£1,036 million; West Midlands—

Government Office administrative running costs
£000
Government Office 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
North East 8,842.76 8,687.15 8,616.75 8,618.84 8,312.05
North West 9,983.71 9,839.09 9,442.59 13,690.13 13,048.58
Merseyside 4,753.84 4,349.95 4,199.53 12.24 —
Total NW/M 14,737.55 14,189.04 13,642.12 13,702.37 13,048.58
Yorks and Humber 9,060.51 8,765.04 8,475.01 8,683.92 8,888.68
West Midlands 10,435.73 10,040.37 9,757.79 9,474.35 9,330.15
East Midlands 7,116.85 6,616.67 6,436.24 6,754.39 6,951.28
East 6,122.84 6,168.97 6,270.62 6,269.43 7,005.47
South West 7,574.14 7,140.74 6,825.73 6,985.03 7,796.87
South East 8,331.06 8,406.18 8,544.99 8,561.40 8,658.61
London 11,106.26 14,106.47 13,458.82 13,238.12 13,715.79
Total 83,327.70 84,120.63 82,028.07 82,287.85 83,707.48

Government Office 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–051
North East 8,197.33 9,002.29 9,954.46 12,164.59 14,771.21
North West 13,651.03 15,344.87 15,523.52 16,744.59 18,111.38
Merseyside — — — — —
Total NW/M 13,651,03 15,344.87 15,523.52 16,744.59 18,111.38
Yorks and Humber 9,357.48 10,036.85 10,943.77 12,344.06 13,352.37
West Midlands 9,960.76 10,295.51 10,662.85 13,378.54 14,035.18
East Midlands 7,335.77 8,244.80 8,713.24 10,955.39 11,461.01
East 7,542.48 8,631.95 9,355.85 12,607.17 13,534.69
South West 8,711.38 10,666.90 11,860.77 13,858.05 14,398.06
South East 9,477.26 10,326.44 10,874.74 14,105.96 14,402.24
London 13,860.98 13,161.20 14,038.84 16,649.56 18,141.31
Total 88,094.47 95,710.81 101,928.04 122,807.89 132,207.45
1 Allocations for 2004–05.
Note:
GO-North West and GO-Merseyside merged during 1998–99.

£1,285 million; East Midlands—£428 million; East of England—£349 million; South West—£499 million; South East—£876 million; and London—£2,592 million.

Regional observatories obtain their resources from a number of different sources and information about their running costs and expenditure are not held by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Regional Housing Boards' running costs are funded from the budgets of the core Board members: Government Offices, Regional Chambers/Assemblies, Regional Development Agencies, the Housing Corporation and English Partnerships. Information about their running costs are not held by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Mrs. Spelman

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much his Department spent on replacing light bulbs in the last year for which figures are available. [185774]

Phil Hope

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not collect data on this.