Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to figure 16 on page 44 of the National Audit Office's report, Progress on the government estate strategy (HC 1131), published on 25 April 2017, how the speculative figure of £62 million in savings from the Ministry of Justice custodial estate was calculated by the Government Property Unit.

The figure illustrates the potential savings from expert advisory services on large portfolios, such as the custodial estate. Savings are based on realising 1% of the in-scope portfolio value based on data from Government’s e-PIMs system. This strategy is being further developed with departments.