Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to page 104 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, HC 17, what the amount spent was on each instance of property rental expenditure totalling more than £5,000.
During 2013-14, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) paid rental, service and condominium charges for properties in the UK and overseas totalling £83,067,963, of which:
Residential accommodation incorporates the rental, service and condominium charges for all FCO staff working overseas, including staff working for Partners Across Government on the FCO overseas network. Non-residential accommodation incorporates the rental, service and condominium charges for offices and ancillary buildings. Any contracts over £10,000 can be found at http://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder.
To break these figures down further would incur disproportionate costs and payments to private landlords would not be provided as this would be commercially sensitive.