PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Buildings (21 January 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2015 to Question 221061, what the annual cost to the public purse is of his Department's office space at 179A Tottenham Court Road.

Asked by:
Lisa Nandy (Labour)

The Department's lease on three floors of 179a Tottenham Court Road is predominantly for space used for collection storage, conservation and administration of the Government Art Collection. One floor is available for general office use.

Use of this office space has changed as the Department's Estate Strategy has evolved with the changing responsibilities of the Department including London 2012 and Broadband Delivery UK. At times when space has been surplus to operational needs, half of this office floor has been sublet on a cost recovery basis.

The full year costs to the taxpayer of this sub-lettable space when it has not been sublet are £191,000.

Answered by:
Helen Grant (Conservative)
26 January 2015