To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average floor space per civil servant in the central London estate, and what information he has on the average floor space per employee in the London financial district.

Information on the average floor space per civil servant in central London is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. For Greater London as a whole the total floor space in offices on PSA's estate works out at an average of 18.8 sq m per non-industrial civil servant. No information is held on the average space per employee in the London financial district.