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Departments: Property

Volume 461: debated on Monday 11 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was received by her Department from the letting of its properties in each of the last five years. (139340)

The amounts received by Communities and Local Government, its agencies and its predecessor Department, in rent from lettings, including receipts from Crown Bodies, for each of the last five years was approximately:

£ million

Communities and Local Government

Fire Service College

2002-03

5.05

1.14

2003-04

6.58

1.25

2004-05

6.90

1.22

2005-06

6.90

1.33

2006-07

6.8

1.42

Note:

The figures include VAT where applicable.

This answer does not include land or buildings occupied by Government Offices, which carry out functions on behalf of 10 Government Departments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what properties the Department (a) owned and (b) rented in each of the last five years. (139362)

During the last five years Communities and Local Government and its predecessor Department has retained the following freehold properties: Old Burlington House, New Burlington House and Hangar 97 Little Rissington.

The Fire Service College, an Executive Agency, occupies a freehold site owned by Communities and Local Government in Moreton in Marsh. The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, an Executive Agency, occupies a freehold site owned by the Department in Westminster.

The Department leased the following properties:

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

Ashdown House Victoria

v

v

v

v

v

Eland House

v

v

v

v

v

14th floor Portland House

v

16, 17, 18th floors Portland House

v

v

v

v

Sheffield House Stevenage

v

v

v

v

v

Hempstead House

v

v

v

v

v

2 Victoria St Glossop

v

v

v

v

v

Building 3 BRE Garston

v

v

v

v

v

Unit B Interlink Park Bardon

v

Marchington

v

v

v

v

v

Marchington secondary site

v

v

West Point Manchester

v

v

v

v

v

Calthorpe House Birmingham

v

The Planning Inspectorate, an Executive Agency has leased Temple Quay House in Bristol during these years.

Properties are also occupied under minor occupancy agreements with other Government Departments. These include Exchange Tower, Allington Towers, Ashdown House Hastings, Temple Quay House Bristol, Stockley House, and Titchfield Hampshire.

The current occupation of Portland House, Allington Towers and Stockley House are temporary while the Open Space Project, designed to improve the density of Eland House, is completed. This is planned for the end of this year.

This answer does not include land or buildings occupied by Government Offices which carry out functions on behalf of 10 Government Departments.