Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2017 to Question 8361, what the five most common conditions attached to agreements to extend or renew lets with Government Departments are; and to how many agreements each such condition is applied to.

Conditions are recorded in the approval issued to departments as part of the operation of the National Property Control. Since 1 April 2016, 126 applications have been received and of these 13 are recorded with conditions attached to the approval. 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