Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of applications for lease renewals or extensions made to the Government Property Unit are after the specified time in each year since 2012.

The National Property Control Policy encourages organisations to engage early with the Cabinet Office. The proportion of applications for approval of expenditure received retrospectively is low.

Since 1 April 2016, 126 applications have been received and of these GPU are aware of 3 which were received after the lease event. A rate between 2-3% for retrospective approval is likely typical for prior years.