§ Mrs. SpelmanTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much his Department and its predecessors spent on refurbishment of its buildings in each year since May 1997, broken down by building. [180362]
§ Phil HopeThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was established in May 2002. Since that date the following has been spent on refurbishment. All figures are exclusive of VAT.
£ 2002–03 2003–04 Portland House 311,062 0 Eland House 1,777,879 655,862 Ashdown House 0 70,343 QEII Conference Centre 29,000 1,853,300 Fire Service College 230,257 956,008 Government Office North West—Sunley Tower 44,110 0 Government Office South East—Bridge House 44,000 490,000 Government Office London—Riverwalk House 8,500 97,000 Government Office West Midlands— 4,886 23,820 Paradise Circus Government Office East Midlands— 0 193,000 The Belgrave Centre Fire Service Improvement—Marchington 0 13,318 Valuation Tribunal Office Network 42,822 115,166 Rent Service Office Network 976,000 118,000 The figures provided, which exclude VAT, are gross expenditure and do not reflect receipts from other building occupants.
Although the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has overall responsibility for the buildings occupied by Government Offices, they carry out functions on behalf of 10 Departments.
The Rent Service became an Executive Agency of the Department for Work and Pensions on 1 April 2004, but was part of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the period in question.