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Departmental Buildings

Volume 226: debated on Tuesday 8 June 1993

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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the buildings currently owned or rented by his Department, together with (a) the estimated value, (b) the annual rent and (c) the annual maintenance cost of each building in the current financial year.

Buildings occupied for Welsh Office's own use on the civil estate are all rented from Property Holdings or other departments. Excluding executive agencies, these are given in the following list with available information on costs for the financial year 1993–94. The Welsh Office is advised by Property Holdings that information on up-to-date values of buildings could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

BuildingsRent £1Works Services Charges £2Works Services £
Gwydyr House, London182,52533,345
Crown Buildings,Cathays Park, Cardiff1,698,571715,776
Government Buildings, Gabalfa, Cardiff20,20611,457
Government Buildings, Llanishen, Cardiff505,293145,584
Government Buildings, Lampeter7,5966,376
Government Buildings, Colwyn Bay28,40918,404
Government Buildings, Ruthin11,14021,977
Williamson House, Cardiff26,4636,610
Penllwyn, Haverfordwest3,5526,799
Hamilton Terrace, Milford Haven1,9342,338
Crown Buildings, Dolgellau9,5509,587
BuildingsRent £1Works Services Charges £2Works Services £
Crown Buildings, Picton Tce, Carmarthen94,06345,983
Crown Buildings,Penrallt, Caernarfon68,44646,920
Caradog House, Cardiff45,03717,024
Former Council Offices, Ruthin1,316883
Ty Nant, Swansea5,1692,628
Crown Buildings, Spa Road East, Llandrindod Wells88,26047,725
Golate House, Cardiff66,77416,112
Afon House, Newtown8,8473,647
Crown Buildings, Canal Road, Brecon4,2203,886
Wholesale Fruit Centre, Bessemer Road, Cardiff628354
John Williams, Cardiff96,51672,966
Crosswood Park,Trawgoed, Aberystwyth76,79272,384
Buarth Road, Aberystwyth25,17615,534
Jobswell Lane, Carmarthen23,52021,775
Royal Welsh Show Ground, Builth Wells1,2984,791
Bryn Road, Bangor1,3871,859
Companies House, Cardiff213,56694,143
Brecon House, Pontypool612192
3,316,8661,447,060625,000
1 The amount paid to Property Holdings and departments for works services, including maintenance, for which they have executive responsibility.
2 Estimated total expenditure to be incurred on works services, including maintenance, for which the Welsh Office has executive responsibility (an estimate of cost for each building is not readily available).