Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many desks are in her Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by her Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.

Following the recent relocation of the Department for Communities and Local Government to 2 Marsham Street, making good use of the Government estate, there are 4,350 desks provided for them and for the Home Office. 87% of these desks are provided via the PFI contract signed by the previous administration. The remainder are owned by the two Departments including some additional desks where delivery is imminent. There are no leased desks currently provided. The annual running cost saving to the taxpayer enabled by the consolidation of the estate is £24 million.