Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
(asked on 7th February 2022) - View Source
Question
To ask the Right hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what the monthly operating costs are of the Restoration and Renewal Programme, (a) in total and (b) by spending on (i) employment/salaries, (ii) planning and( iii) works.
The Restoration and Renewal Programme comprises the Sponsor Body and the Delivery Authority. The monthly operating costs shown below are an average of the total costs for April to December 2021 for each organisation.
a) The total monthly operating costs of the Programme is £9.5m.
b) Monthly operating costs for (i) employment/salaries, (ii) planning and (iii) works are set out in the table below.
| Sponsor Body |
| Delivery Authority | Total |
Employment/Salaries (£m)* | 0.4 |
| 1.2 | 1.6 |
Planning (£m)** | 0.6 |
| 4.0 | 4.6 |
Works (£m)*** | 0.0 |
| 3.3 | 3.3 |
Monthly average (£m) | 1.0 |
| 8.5 | 9.5 |
Notes
*All directly employed staff and all interims.
** Includes all other spend not covered in Employment/ Salaries and Works - Data & Digital, outsourced Programme Management Services (Programme Management, Programme Delivery, Programme Development, Health & Safety, Assurance & Quality) and all non-staff corporate costs (accommodation etc.).
*** Includes all spend on the three main projects of the Programme (Palace of Westminster, House of Lords Decant and Heritage). The majority of this spend is on design costs, but also includes surveys and integrated team costs. It should be noted the projects are currently in the Concept Design (PoW/HoL Decant) or Preparation and Brief stage (Heritage), so there are no construction costs associated with these works.