asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the cost of refurbishing the offices of the Property Services Agency at Chessington; and whether the occupants of these offices are due to be transferred to Teesside.

Part of these offices, which are owned by the Crown, is occupied by staff of the Property Services Agency who are due to be dispersed from London between 1982 and 1984. The estimated cost of the improvements now in progress is £500,000. Decisions will be taken later on which Departments are to occupy the offices when PSA vacates them.