Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which properties are occupied by his Department in Scotland for the purposes of face-to-face contact with customers and claimants; whether each such property is (a) rented, (b) owned by the Government and (c) occupied on other terms; and what plans the Department has to ensure continuity of service in areas served by such properties with a remaining tenure of less than three calendar years.

The Department for Work and Pensions occupies the majority of its estate under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) known as the PRIME Contract.

Under this PFI, the Department leases fully serviced accommodation from its private sector partner Telereal Trillium. The Department pays an inclusive unitary price for the space occupied. The Department does not own any of the buildings that it occupies.

Telereal Trillium must under the PRIME contract provide security of tenure until contract expiry in 31/3/2018. In the event the lease term expires before this and Telereal Trillium are unable to obtain an extension to the lease they are required to deliver suitable alternative accommodation to the Department.

The Department has put in place a project to oversee and assure the work to prepare for the end of the Prime contract and to ensure that there is continuity of estate to support the ongoing delivery of business from April 2018 onwards.

In Scotland, the Department delivers customer-facing services from 96 locations of which 91 are occupied under the PRIME contract, 4 sites are shared with other Government Departments under a Memorandum Of Occupancy Agreement and 1 is co-located with a Local Authority under licence. A list of these sites is provided below.

In addition, our services are also delivered from over 50 flexible service delivery locations shared with other partner organisations – Local Authorities, HM Prisons, Retailers etc. - in their sites under licence.

Aberdeen Ebury House 12-14 Dee Street

Airdrie 44 Stirling Street

Alexandria 160 Bank Street

Alloa 17 Mar Street

Annan Murray Street

Arbroath 2 Chalmers Street

Ayr Russell House King street (MSEC)

Ayr Wallacetoun House John Street

Banff 23-25 Castle Street

Bathgate 31-33 Whitburn Road

Bellshill 417 Main Street

Blairgowrie 11-13 Perth Street

Broxburn 97 East Main Street

Buckie Shanks Lane

Campbeltown 40 Hall Street

Cowdenbeath 6 Pit Road

Cumbernauld 3 South Muirhead Road

Cumnock 33-43 Townhead Street

Cupar 7 Westport

Dalkeith 7-15 Buccleuch Street

Dingwall 3 High Street

Dumbarton 15 Meadowbank Street

Dumfries 67-75 Irish Street

Dundee Caledonian House Greenmarket

Dundee Wellgate House Wellgate Centre

Dunfermline Merchiston House Foundry Street

Dunoon James McClure House George Street

East Kilbride 55 The Plaza Town Centre

Edinburgh 11-13 South St Andrew Street

Edinburgh 20 High Riggs

Edinburgh Lyndean House 199 Commercial Street Leith

Edinburgh Murrayburn House 1 Wester Hailes Centre (2nd Floor)

Elgin 13-21 Trinity Road

Eyemouth Upper Houndlaw

Falkirk Heron House 10b Wellside Place

Forfar Service Road

Forres Tytler Street

Fort William Waverley House High Street

Fraserburgh 2-4 South Harbour Road

Galashiels New Reiver House High Street

Girvan Carrick Buildings, Henrietta Street

Glasgow 1460-1470 Maryhill Road Maryhill

Glasgow 152-158 Battlefield Road Langside

Glasgow 20 Benalder Street Partick

Glasgow 20 Paisley Road Barrhead

Glasgow 200 Atlas Road Springburn

Glasgow 21 Herschell Street Anniesland

Glasgow 3 Macdonald Street Rutherglen

Glasgow 67-69 Kinfauns Drive Drumchapel

Glasgow 779-787 Govan Road Govan

Glasgow 8 Coustonholm Road Newlands

Glasgow 9 Muslin Street Bridgeton

Glasgow 955 Shettleston Road Shettleston

Glasgow Corunna House 29 Cadogan Street (MSEC)

Glasgow Laurieston House 159-181 Pollokshaws Road Laurieston

Glasgow Lower Ground Floor Suite Civic Buildings Cambuslang

Glasgow Shandwick Street Easterhouse

Glasgow The Forge 1181 Duke Street Parkhead

Glasgow Unit No 1 & 2 Castlemilk Arcade Dougrie Drive Castlemilk

Glenrothes 3 Postgate

Grangemouth 13-15 Charlotte Dundas Court

Greenock 99 Dalrymple Street

Hamilton Cameronian House Almada Street

Hawick 5-9 North Bridge Street

Helensburgh 5-7 Charlotte Street

Invergordon 43 High Street

Inverness River House Young Street

Irvine 121-125 High Street

Johnstone 11 Floors Street

Kilbirnie Walker Street

Kilmarnock 12 Woodstock Street

Kirkcaldy 5 Hunter Street

Kirkintilloch Queen Street

Lanark Atholl House 55-57 Bannatyne Street

Leven 9 Waggon Road

Livingston Unit 15 And 16B Regional Centre Almondvale South

Montrose Castlestead House 4 Castle Place

Motherwell Flemington House 600 Windmillhill Street

Musselburgh North House Eskmills Park Station Road

Oban Mathieson House 1 Miller Road

Orkney Tankerness Lane Kirkwall

Paisley 47-51 High Street

Penicuik 25-29 John Street

Perth 60-62 High Street

Peterhead 63 St Peter Street

Port Glasgow 6 Scarlow Street

Portree Bayfield Road

Renfrew 5 High Street

Rothesay Crown Building 9 King Street Isle of Bute

Saltcoats 13 Dockhead Street

Shetland Charlotte House Commercial Road Lerwick

St Andrews 187 South Street

Stirling South Lodge 2 St Ninians Road (MSEC)

Stornoway 12-15 Francis Street Isle of Lewis

Stranraer 10-12 St John Street

Wick Government Buildings Girnigoe Street