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Written question asked by David Amess (Conservative) on Thursday, 8 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 December 2005. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Monday, 19 December 2005 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.


Building/Refurbishment Projects

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by his Department in (i) 2005–06 and (ii) 2006–07; and what the expected costs are of each project.
Answer

Building and refurbishment projects planned/being undertaken by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2005–06 and 2006–07, and the expected costs of these projects in those years are:

£000
Building projects FY 2005–06 FY 2006–07
Algiers New offices 700 8,866
Almaty New offices 100 3,100
Amman New visa offices 820 400
Astana New offices 100 3,661
Baghdad New offices and staff accommodation 11,452
Bangkok Staff accommodation 1,100 3,869
Bangkok Security work 600
Basra New offices and staff accommodation 9,263
Chennai New visa offices 1,170 10
Colombo New offices 500 5,600
Doha New offices and residence 1,105 4,410
Durban Office fit-out 159
Dushanbe New offices and residence 764 5
Hanslope Park, Bucks Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Building 3,148 17,637
Hanslope Park, Bucks Childcare Nursery 250 500
Hanslope Park, Bucks Security work 500 500
Harare New offices 700 4,050
Islamabad/Karachi Staff accommodation 3,211 2,289
Istanbul New visa offices 100 2,900
Jakarta New offices 100 2,151
Kabul Office fit-out 200 273
Kabul Residence and staff housing 2,700
Kampala New offices 1,500
Ljubjlana Residence 100 1,116
Manila New offices 330 4,637
Mumbai New offices 250 1,332
Munich Office fit-out 1,500
Pyongyang Office fit-out 500
Rabat New offices 4,000 2,164
Sana'a New offices 4,000 2,773
Sarajevo New offices 200 600
Shanghai Office fit-out 40
Skopje Office fit-out 3,500
Tbilisi New offices 20 2,000
Tehran Staff accommodation 2,000
Tirana Residence 1,263 20
Warsaw New offices 500 9,500
£000
Refurbishment projects FY 2005–06 FY 2006–07
Belgrade Health and Safety works 36
Buenos Aires Security work 600 1,100
Buenos Aires Health and Safety works 2,700 163
Damascus Security works 775
Dublin Security works 1,800
King Charles St Fourth floor conversion to open plan 5,630 3,162
Kingston Health and Safety works 1,350 120
Manila Health and Safety works 468 400
Moscow Residence 301 4,010
Ottawa Offices 175 1,000
Tokyo Health and Safety works 290 1,150
Washington Offices 410 5

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
37416; 440 c2474-6W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Costs Construction Buildings Government departments Repairs and maintenance Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Link
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