Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the Government Property Unit calculated that 75 per cent of staff will relocate to a hub less than 10 miles from their current office and that 90 per cent will relocate within 25 miles, as set out in the National Audit Office report Progress on the government estate strategy.

The Government Hubs Programme will consolidate office space in locations with a
significant Civil Service presence.

The location of a strategic hub is based on rigorous criteria including excellent connections
to a range of local and national public transport options to ensure that it is accessible.

Moreover, they are chosen in consultation with the major departmental occupiers planned
for that Hub, to ensure that it meets their workforce and operational requirements.

The percentages quoted in the NAO report were based on GPU’s assessment, at the time,
of the proposed capacity of a new hub and the number of staff based in offices within a 10-
and 25-mile radius of the city centres (where Hubs are planned to be).

Moreover, the locations are chosen in consultation with the major departmental occupiers
planned for that Hub, to ensure that it meets their workforce and operational requirements.