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Written question asked by Mike Weir (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 19 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 January 2006. It was answered by Anne McGuire (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 February 2006 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Departmental Expenditure

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what expenditure on (a) buildings and (b) insurance of buildings and staff was by (i) his Department and (ii) each (A) non-departmental public body, (B) executive agency and (C) other public body for which his Department is responsible in (1) Scotland, (2) Wales, (3) each English region and (4) Northern Ireland in each of the last three financial years; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005–06 in each case.
Answer

A full response is not available from standard information systems in the format requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. A partial response has therefore been provided.(i) (a)(b)—The Department's estate has been sold or transferred under a PFI partnership deal to Land Securities Trillium (LST) and in return for the payment of a unitary charge, LST is responsible for providing a full facilities management service across the estate. As payments are made for the service as a whole the Department could provide a breakdown for the facilities, agencies and regions requested only at disproportionate cost.(ii)(A)(a)(b)(c)—Listed as follows are the non-departmental public bodies which are not included in the PFI partnership deal with LST.

£
Remploy Ltd. 2002–03
(a) Buildings 3,780,000
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff 986,000
2003–04
(a) Buildings 2,255,000
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff 1,273,000
2004–05
(a) Buildings 5,095,000
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff 1,221,000
Planned expenditure for 2005–06
(a) Buildings 730,000
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff 1,178,000
Independent Living Funds (ILF)All buildings costs are met via the departmental PFI partnership with Land Securities Trillium 2002–03
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff 7,814
2003–04
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff 9,973
2004–05
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff 9,720
Planned expenditure for 2005–06
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff 11,700
Disability Rights Commission. The figures for expenditure on buildings cover all property costs for example rents, repairs, running costs and any mandatory insurance. In accordance with Treasury and departmental policy the terms of the DRC's financial memorandum preclude the Commission from taking out any commercial insurance without the prior approval of the Department, other than third party insurance required by the Road Traffic Acts and any other insurance which is a statutory obligation or which is permitted in paragraph 30.4.2 of Government Accounting. 2002–03
(a) Buildings 1,004,000
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff n/a
2003–04
(a) Buildings 1,079,000
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff n/a
2004–05
(a) Buildings 1,013,000
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff n/a
Planned expenditure for 2005–06
(a) Buildings 1,329,342
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff n/a
Private Pensions Fund (PPF)Established 6 April 2005 Planned expenditure for 2005–06
(a) Buildings 556,000
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff 10,000
The Pensions Regular (TPR)Established 6 April 2005 Planned expenditure for 2005–06
(a) Buildings 1,900,000
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff 50,000
n/a = Not available.
(ii)(B)(a)(b)(c)—Executive agencies
£
Health and Safety Executive2002–03 information has now been archived and can only be provided at disproportionate cost 2003–04
(a) Buildings:
Scotland 1,945,740
Wales 260,506
London HQ 5,462,639
East and South East 2,225,177
Midlands 1,919,605
South West 367,464
North West 4,931,070
Yorkshire and North East 1,502,751
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff:
Scotland 10,485
Wales 1,535
London HQ 0
East and South East 22,887
Midlands 9,145
South West 8,301
North West 10,221
Yorkshire and North East 14,777
2004–05
(a) Buildings:
Scotland 2,147,423
Wales 264,580
London HQ 6,120,556
East and South East 2,257,637
Midlands 2,180,534
South West 496,212
North West 5,078,636
Yorkshire and North East 1,563,863
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff:
Scotland 11,292
Wales 1,826
London HQ 0
East and South East 18,387
Midlands 10,499
South West 9,575
North West 7,285
Yorkshire and North East 16,780
Planned expenditure 2005–06
(a) Buildings:
Scotland 2,272,678
Wales 325,520
London HQ 6,115,630
East and South East 2,286,326
Midlands 2,271,892
South West 459,331
North West 5,064,025
Yorkshire and North East 1,634,265
(b) Insurance of buildings and staff:
Scotland 10,989
Wales 1,020
London HQ 0
East and South East 17,477
Midlands 10,168
South West 8,062
North West 6,606
Yorkshire and North East 18,550
£
The Rent Service—became part of DWP in April 2004. The figure includes rent, rates, insurance and service charges on all our leases, both for occupied and unoccupied property. It does not include capital expenditure on refurbishments and fit cuts. The Rent Service is unable to breakdown costs in the format requested without incurring disproportionate costs and information is not available by region. 2004–05 5,522,136
2005–06 5,085,839
(ii)(C)(a)(b)(c)—Other public bodies
£
Motability 2002–03
(a) Buildings 208,630
(b) Insurance of buildings 11,211
2003–04
(a) Buildings 196,822
(b) Insurance of buildings 13,857
2004–05
(a) Buildings 259,263
(b) Insurance of buildings 18,929
Planned expenditure for 2005–06
(a) Buildings 277,946
(b) Insurance of buildings 19,872
The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) 2002–03
(a) Buildings 194,910
(b) Insurance of buildings 14,470
2003–04
(a) Buildings 259,914
(b) Insurance of buildings 19,051
2004–05
(a) Buildings 247,328
(b) Insurance of buildings 22,891
Planned expenditure for 2005–06
(a) Buildings 286,000
(b) Insurance of buildings 10,000

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
442 c2174-7W;442 c2174-7W; 40091
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Executive agencies Buildings Department for Work and Pensions Expenditure Government departments Insurance Non-departmental public bodies
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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