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Revenue and Customs: North West

Volume 481: debated on Tuesday 28 October 2008

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) plans to spend on (a) maintenance and (b) upgrading of its offices at (i) St. Helens and (ii) Blackburn in each of the next three years. (229978)

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC’s) offices are occupied under the terms of an estates private finance initiative (PFI) contract. HMRC’s estates partner, Mapeley, is responsible for maintenance of the sites to the required contractual accommodation standards.

HMRC pay a unitary Facility Price to Mapeley in return for fully serviced accommodation. In view of this there is no requirement for HMRC to spend additional sums on the day to day maintenance of the sites; HMRC has no plans to implement any works to upgrade the sites over and above the current contractual agreement.