Palace of Westminster

John Mann
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what estimate the House of Commons Commission has made of the sums to be allocated for the renewal of facilities in the Palace of Westminster in each of the next six financial years.

Nick Harvey
Budgets for 2009-10 to 2011-12 only have been agreed at present, pending sign-off of a revised Accommodation and Estates Strategy following the completion of a condition survey of all buildings on the parliamentary Estate:

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|                             |2009-10|2010-11|2011-12|
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|Resource:                    |       |       |       |
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|Projects                     |3,491  |10,641 |9,922  |
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|Maintenance                  |6,818  |6,717  |6,774  |
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|Furnishings                  |1,635  |1,650  |1,650  |
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|Surveys, inspections, studies|835    |850    |850    |
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|Total                        |12,779 |19,858 |19,196 |
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|Capital investment           |16,945 |35,637 |39,393 |
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These figures cover the House of Commons share of investments by the Parliamentary Estates Directorate across the whole Estate. A number of programmes involve more than a single building, some of which are shared with the Lords, making it difficult to identify separate figures for the Palace of Westminster alone.