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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Flight: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the Department spent on (a) maintenance, (b) renovation, (c) council tax and (d) running costs of residential properties used by Ministers and officials in each year since 1997. [134693] Fiona Mactaggart: The Home Office leases one property, acquired for security reasons, as the London residence of the Home Secretary of the day. A major programme of cyclical refurbishment--the first for some years--was completed in late spring 2002. This was needed to maintain the repair and value of the property and to deal with the impact of substantial flood and storm damage. I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans) on 1 July 2002, Official Report, column 176W. 1. Home Secretary's residence The figures are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Maintenance Renovation Council tax Running costs/ Capital utilities charge/depreciation / cost of capital 1997-98 2,581 0 304 3,189 77,995 1998-99 14,849 0 325 3,875 84,863 1999-2000 2,055 0 350 3,993 104,615 2000-01 6,457 0 375 2,268 120,702 2001-02 1,386 172,340 410 2,110 112,345 2002-03 237,338 27,440 445 5,306 122,199 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Works carried out in 2001-02 were paid in 2002-03 when invoice was submitted 2 Includes roof works of £12,342 Not included above is rent at £7,100 per annum and costs of security measures. Capital Charge and depreciation are related to the book value of the lease which was revalued in 2001. 2. Officials Only in exceptional circumstances does my Department provide accommodation for officials other than seconded police officers. At present these are limited to three seconded junior staff carrying out duties which requires them to be located in Central London. The Prison Service also provides its staff including Governor grades with a limited number of married quarters

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

134693; 413 c828W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Council tax Expenditure Government departments Home Office Property Repairs and maintenance Official residences

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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