To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many (a) new build and (b) refurbishment projects of a value of under £250,000 for which his Department was responsible took place in 2005-06; and how many of those projects were subject to the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method. (176726)

My Department carried out five refurbishment projects up to a value of £250,000 during the 2005-06 financial year. No new builds were carried out and therefore these projects were not subject to the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many (a) new build and (b) re-furbishment projects for which his Department was responsible took place in 2005-06 up to a budget of £5 million; and how many of those projects were subject to a Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment. (176777)

My Department carried out six refurbishment projects up to a value of £5 million during the 2005-06 financial year. No new builds were carried out and therefore these projects were not subject to the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method.