Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 8508, on the Government Property Unit, what the 13 applications were which were granted with conditions attached to the approval; and what conditions were attached to each of those applications.
GPU does not release the specific detail relating to individual applications for expenditure as these are commercially sensitive. It would be the applicant department’s decision as to whether to release this information. The 13 applications were received from the following departments:
Department for Education
Department of Health
Ministry of Justice
Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Department for Communities & Local Government
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Department of Energy & Climate Change
The conditions applied relate to:
Confirmation or commercial conditions relating to lease terms (in four instances)
Moving to government hubs in the future (in three instances)
Presenting plans for future relocation or estate strategy by a set date (in two instances)
Provision of further information which supports the application made
Ensuring future improvements to energy efficiency are made
Engaging with the One Public Estate programme to establish future opportunities for sharing space
Seeking HM Treasury approval