Government Property Unit

(asked on 6th October 2017) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 12th October 2017

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

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