Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2017 to Question 8205, on Government Departments: buildings, what the total cost to the public purse is of the move to 10 South Colonade; and what estimate he has made of savings in property costs of that move in each of the next 10 years.
10 South Colonnade enables government departments to exit a number of expensive
leaseholds in Whitehall. It brings staff from departments together in a single, modern, and
efficient building in an area with lower rents to facilitate a collaborative Civil Service
Once all government occupiers have relocated to HM Government 10 South Colonnade,
we expect to make savings of around £20 million per annum until the end of the lease in
2032.