To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was received by the Department from the letting of its properties in each of the last five years. (139329)

The amount of money received by the Scotland Office from letting space in its properties was as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the cost of leasing buildings and office space for his Department was in each of the last five years. (139463)

The cost to the Scotland Office of leasing buildings and office space was as follows:

Where the Scotland Office rents office space within another Department’s building, the Office pays an agreed share of the overall running costs of the building, which includes such items as rent, rates, utilities, cleaning and security; a separate record is not held of the rental element of these costs. These figures do not take into account any space occupied by other Departments.