To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of commercial sector buildings in the UK were occupied by the central Government estate in each of the last five years. (141068)

Figures based on floor space data are available centrally only for 2004, 2005, and 2006 and then only for England and Wales.

The percentage occupation from the commercial sector in each of those years is approximately as follows:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of Government estate buildings were (a) leased and (b) owned in each of the last five years. (141069)

Figures are available centrally only for 2004, 2005, and 2006.

The breakdown in percentages between freehold and leasehold Government buildings is approximately as follows:

The remainder of Government buildings were occupied predominantly under PFI/PPP arrangements.