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Written question asked by Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party) on Thursday, 14 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 January 2010. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Tuesday, 26 January 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.

Revenue and Customs: Scotland

Question
(2) what the fixed accommodation cash running costs of HM Revenue and Customs office buildings in Scotland were over each of the last five years.
Answer

Most of HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) offices are occupied under the terms of private finance initiative (PFI) contracts, under which the Department is unable to disclose running cost information for individual offices due to commercial sensitivity considerations.For those offices not held under a PFI arrangement, running cost information is provided in the following tables—information prior to 2006-07 is available only at disproportionate cost.

Table 1: Running costs by building—accruals basis including accounting adjustments for accruals and depreciation
£ millions
Building name 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Cameron House, Albany Street, Oban¹ 0.03 0.02 0.00
Liberator House, Prestwick¹,² 0.05 0.04 0.04
Longman House, 28 Longman Street, Inverness³ 0.07 0.07 0.08
Spitfire House, Turnhouse Road, Edinburgh¹ 0.03 0.03 0.03
Saunton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh³ 1.28 0.83 0.55
Barbara Ritchie House, Almondvale Way, Livingston 1.36 1.37 1.38
Sidlaw House, Dundee Technology Park, Explorer Road, Dundee² 1.75 1.79 1.74
Bathgate Contact Centre, Pyramids Business Park, Bathgate4 2.93 2.83 2.81
Accounts Office (Aspire), St. Mungo's Road, Cumbernauld 0.19 0.69 0.79
Table 2: Running costs by building—cash basis excluding accounting adjustment for accruals and depreciation
£ millions
Building name 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Cameron House, Albany Street, Oban¹ 0.03 0.02 0.00
Liberator House, Prestwick¹,² 0.05 0.04 0.04
Longman House, 28 Longman Street, Inverness³ 0.07 0.04 0.06
Spitfire House, Turnhouse Road, Edinburgh¹ 0.03 0.03 0.03
Saunton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh³ 1.27 0.82 0.54
Barbara Ritchie House, Almondvale Way, Livingston 1.36 1.29 1.35
Sidlaw House, Dundee Technology Park, Explorer Road, Dundee² 1.98 1.62 1.68
Bathgate Contact Centre, Pyramids Business Park, Bathgate4 2.84 2.45 2.68
Accounts Office (Aspire), St. Mungo's Road, Cumbernauld 0.19 0.69 0.78
¹ Building Vacations:
Cameron House, Albany Street, Oban—November 2007
Spitfire House, Turnhouse Road, Edinburgh—September 2008
Liberator House, Prestwick—August 2009
² Rates Revaluations 2007-08:
Liberator House, Prestwick
Sidlaw House, Dundee Technology Park, Explorer Road, Dundee
³ MOTO reduction in 2007-08:
Longman House, 28 Longman Street, Inverness
Saunton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh
4 Depreciation adjustments 2006-07:
Bathgate Contact Centre, Pyramids Business Park, Bathgate

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c853-4W; 311969
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Scotland Revenue and Customs
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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