To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 7 January 2010, Official Report, column 505W, on Government Office for London: location, what the cost to his Department will be of (a) surrendering the lease on Riverwalk House before it expires in 2011 and (b) any empty property rates owed on Riverwalk House. (318325)

The Department for Communities and Local Government do not intend to surrender the lease at Riverwalk House prior to the lease expiry. There are no empty property rates owing for the facility.