Drugs: Misuse
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what position the UK Government will be taking on drugs policy at the G8 Summit hosted by Russia on 4 and 5 June 2014; and if she will make a statement. [186773]
Norman Baker: The UK Government is committed to working with the international community, including through the G8, to address the significant harms drugs cause to individuals, families and communities.
During G8 meetings, including the G8 Summit, we will discuss how the international community can work together to ensure the global approach to drugs is as effective as it can be. We will continue to advocate a balanced and evidence-based international response that combines effective enforcement to restrict the supply of drugs with efforts to reduce demand and build recovery. There are encouraging signs in the UK, with drug use at its lowest level since records began in 1996, and people going into treatment today more likely to free themselves from dependency than ever before, but I am also keen, through our international comparators study, to learn from the experience of other countries.
We will also seek to build on the consensus for increased global action on new psychoactive substances agreed as part of the UK's presidency of the G8 in 2013.
Human Trafficking
Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Republic of Ireland on the prevention of human trafficking between jurisdictions; [186424]
(2) what discussions she has had with her Swedish counterpart on steps that the Swedish government have taken to tackle human trafficking. [186425]
Karen Bradley: Home Office Ministers have regular meetings with a wide variety of international partners and others as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.
Immigration
Jonathan Ashworth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date officials in her Department were first made aware that the hon. Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Harper) had concerns over the immigration status of his cleaner. [187536]
James Brokenshire: Wednesday 5 February.
Independent Police Complaints Commission
Mr Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how the Independent Police Complaints Commission defines restraint-related deaths involving police officers that occur outside the physical premises of a police station; [186413]
(2) what the Independent Police Complaints Commission definition of a death in custody is for statistical purposes. [186414]
Damian Green [holding answer 6 February 2014]:The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is responsible for publishing annual figures on deaths during or following police contact. The IPCC publishes guidance which includes the definition of death categories.
These documents are available on the IPCC website. The definitions taken from the guidance are set out here:
Part of the process of collating information for deaths included in the annual report includes noting whether the individual was restrained at any point during the interaction with the police.
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This is detailed in the published reports where appropriate for the categories ‘Deaths in or following police custody’ and ‘Other deaths following police contact (which have been subject to IPCC independent investigation)’. Details on cause of death, as recorded in the medical post mortem are also presented in the report. A death will only be classed as ‘restraint-related’ if the medical post mortem came to such conclusion.
Death in or following police custody:
Deaths in or following police custody include deaths that occur while a person is being arrested or taken into detention. It includes deaths of persons who have been arrested or have been detained by police under the Mental Health Act 1983. The death may have taken place on police, private or medical premises, in a public place or in a police or other vehicle.
Deaths that occur during or following police custody where injuries that contributed to the death were sustained during the period of detention.
Deaths that occur in or on the way to hospital (or other medical premises) following or during transfer from scene of arrest or police custody.
Deaths that occur as a result of injuries or other medical problems that are identified or that develop while a person is in custody.
Deaths that occur while a person is in police custody having been detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or other related legislation.
Suicides that occur after a person has been released from police custody.
Deaths of individuals who have been transferred to the care of another agency and subsequently die while in their care of injuries or illness not identified or sustained while in police custody.
Deaths that occur where the police are called to assist medical staff to restrain individuals who are not under arrest.
Marriage: Fraud
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many marriages were reported as sham for each year since 2006; and how many such marriages were (a) investigated, (b) found to be sham and (c) found to be genuine. [176129]
James Brokenshire:
Section 24 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 places a duty on registrars to
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notify the Home Office if they have reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage is one of convenience. Submission of a section 24 report does not indicate that an offence has been committed; rather it reflects the suspicions of the registrar. The following table shows, the number of section 24 reports received in each of years requested.
| Number of section 24/24A reports of suspicious marriages and civil partnerships1 | |
| 1 Included from 2005 | |
In addition, since 30 September 2012 when it was introduced, we have recorded the following numbers of other reports relating to sham marriage on our Intelligence Management System (previously known as the Allegations Management System).
| Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS | |
As with all figures like these, there could be a number of reasons for the increase including real-life increase, increase in reporting, or better detection. The Government are determined to clamp down on abuse of the marriage route. Data on individual cases and whether they are genuine or sham are only held with paper case files or within the notes sections of the Home Office's databases. Such information is not aggregated in national reporting systems, which would mean these questions could only be answered through a disproportionately expensive manual case search to collate the data.
The following table provides the information we hold centrally on investigations and outcomes relating to sham marriage. These figures do not give the complete picture of sham marriage activity, as many investigations will not result in an enforcement visit. In terms of outcomes, the fact that there has been an arrest or a removal does not necessarily indicate a marriage was a sham.
| Marriage abuse enforcement activity and criminal investigations, January 2006 to October 2013 | ||||||
| Calendar year | Enforcement visits | Arrests resulting from these ops | Charged | Successful prosecutions | Individuals linked to sham marriage activity | Removals and departures where person linked to sham marriage activity |
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| Notes: 1. The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols. 2. Figures for enforcement visits and arrests relate to those linked to marriage abuse undertaken between 1 January 2006 and 31 October 2013 recorded on the National Operations Database (NODMMX). 3. Figures for those charged and prosecuted relate to criminal investigation operations between 1 January 2012 and 31 October 2013 recorded on the National Operations Database (NODMMX). 4. Successful prosecutions range from cautions to custodial sentences. 5. Figures on individuals linked to sham marriage activities relate to those flagged on the Case Information Database between 14 January and 31 October 2013. Prior to 14 January this data was not tracked on CID. 6. Figures on removals relate to individuals flagged as linked to marriage abuse investigations on the Case Information Database (CID) with a removal date between 14 January and 31 October 2013. 7. Figures for arrests, charged, successful prosecutions, sham marriage activity links and removals relate to individuals. 8. Figures rounded to nearest 5 (- = 0, * = 1 or 2). | ||||||
Offences against Children
Mr Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many former care staff and teachers who worked in approved schools or community homes with education in the 1970s and 1980s in (a) England and Wales and (b) North Wales have been arrested for offences of (i) physical assault and (ii) sexual offences against former residents of the institutions in the last 30 years; how many such people have been (A) subsequently charged, (B) tried, (C) found guilty and (D) had convictions overturned on appeal. [187494]
Damian Green: The requested information is not collected centrally.
Proceeds of Crime
Stephen Barclay: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department paid to each (a) police force and (b) other agency in respect of (i) non conviction-based confiscation orders, (ii) conviction-based confiscation orders and (iii) cash forfeiture in each year for which figures are available. [186897]
Karen Bradley [holding answer 10 February 2014]: The figures are provided in the tables that I will place in the House Library. The amounts given to front-line agencies by this Government under the asset recovery incentivisation scheme have been more than in any previous equivalent time period.
Public Appointments
Fiona Mactaggart: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) which paid public appointment contracts she has (a) renewed and (b) not renewed since May 2010; and how many posts were held by (i) women and (ii) men; [187022]
(2) what the titles are of the individual public appointments that have been made by her Department since May 2010; and which of those appointees were women. [187083]
Karen Bradley: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr Maude), on 11 February 2014, Official Report, column 607W.
Public Houses: Opening Hours
Dr Huppert: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effects on incidence of (a) antisocial behaviour and (b) domestic violence of extensions to pub opening hours. [186480]
Norman Baker [holding answer 10 February 2014]: In March 2008 the Home Office evaluated the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on levels of crime and disorder. The overall volume of incidents of crime and disorder remains unchanged, though there were signs that crimes involving serious violence may have reduced.
Restraint Orders
Stephen Barclay: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many restraint orders have been made by each police force in each year for which figures are available. [186900]
Karen Bradley [holding answer 10 February 2014]: Under the Serious and Organised Crime Strategy, the Government are committed to enabling assets to be frozen more quickly and earlier in investigations. The figures of the number of restraint orders obtained by police forces in England and Wales from the Joint Asset Recovery Database are provided in the following table:
| Force | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 |
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Staff
Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of staff of (a) her Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to her work outside London; and in which local authorities such staff are located. [187270]
Karen Bradley: The proportion of staff working outside London, and the local authorities in which they are located, is provided for (a) the Home Department in Table 1 and (b) the Executive agencies and Executive non-departmental public bodies in Tables 2, 3, 4 and 5.
The Home Office's Executive agencies are HM Passport Office (HMPO) and the National Fraud Authority (NFA).
The proportion of staff working outside London, and the local authorities in which they are located, is provided for HMPO in Table 2. The NFA does not have any staff located outside London.
The Home Office's Executive non-departmental public bodies are the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), the Security Industry Authority (SIA) and the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC).
The proportion of staff working outside London, and the local authorities in which they are located, is provided for the IPCC in Table 3, DBS in Table 4 and SIA in Table 5. The OISC does not have any staff located outside London.
| Table 1: (a) Proportion of civil servants in the core Home Office working outside London by local authority at 31 December 2013 | |
| Local Authority | Percentage |
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| Notes: 1. Period covered: Data are provided as at 31 December 2013. 2. Extraction date: 1 January 2014. 3. Organisational coverage: Figures are for the core Home Office (including UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force) only. 4. Employee coverage: Data are based on full-time equivalents (FTE) of all paid civil servants, with a known location, who were current as at the 31 December 2013. Data Source: Data View—the Home Office’s single source of Office for National Statistics compliant monthly snapshot corporate Human Resources data. | |
| Table 2: (b) Proportion of civil servants in HM Passport Office (HMPO) working outside London by local authority at 31 December 2013 | |
| Local authority | Percentage |
| Notes: 1. Period covered: Data are provided as at 31 December 2013. 2. Extraction date: 1 January 2014. 3. Organisational coverage: Figures include the Executive agencies; Her Majesty's Passport Office and the National Fraud Authority. Employee coverage: Data are based on full-time equivalents (FTE) of all paid civil servants, with a known location, who were current as at the 31 December 2013. Data Source: Data View—the Home Office’s single source of Office for National Statistics compliant monthly snapshot corporate Human Resources data. | |
| Table 3: (b) Proportion of staff in the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) working outside London by local authority | |
| Local Authority | Percentage |
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| Note: Employee Coverage: Figures are headcount and include all staff including temps and Commissioners and are up to date as of 8 February 2014 | |
| Table 4: (b) Proportion of staff in the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) working outside London by local authority | |
| Local authority | Percentage |
| Data Source: DBS | |
| Table 5: (b) Proportion of staff in the Security Industry Authority (SIA) working outside London by local authority | |
| Local Authority | Percentage |
| Data Source: SIA | |
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Business, Innovation and Skills
Adult Education: Barrow and Furness
John Woodcock: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people in Barrow and Furness constituency enrolled in adult skills sessions in each of the last five years. [187633]
Matthew Hancock: Final data for 2012/13 academic year show that there were 6,020 adult (19+) learners participating in further education and skills in Barrow and Furness parliamentary constituency.
Business Premises: Rents
Gloria De Piero: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of businesses with an annual rental value of £50,000 or less a year are owned by (a) women and (b) men. [187174]
Matthew Hancock: BIS does not hold this information.
Equality
Mr Raab: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the (a) total departmental expenditure, (b) number and (c) cost of people employed for the purpose of promoting equality and diversity was for each of the last five years. [187635]
Jenny Willott: The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) was formed in 2009 so there are no figures available until 2010-11. Figures for financial year 2013-14 are not yet available.
BIS is committed to ensuring its policies and practices secure equality of opportunity for all. To help achieve this, it has spent a total of £689,470.40, including staff costs of £683,970.40, between 2010-11 and 2012-13.
BIS mainstreams diversity and inclusion in all of its policies and the total number of staff working specifically on equality, diversity and inclusion has reduced from 4.7 FTE in 2010-11 and 2011-12 to 4.0 FTE in 2012-13.
In 2010-11 and 2011-12 the staffing costs were £224,076.90. In 2012-13 this rose slightly to £235,816.60 due to additional temporary replacement resource to cover maternity leave.
Government Assistance
Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer on state aid to Lord Stoddart of Swindon, 23 January 2014, House of Lords, Official Report, column 166WA, what the subject is of each of the UK state aid cases currently before the European Commission for approval. [187055]
Jenny Willott: Since the previous written answer on 23 January 2014, four of the 26 cases have received approval from the European Commission. These are:
All-Island Collaborative R&D Scheme (Innova)—prolongation
Enterprise Capital Funds
Scottish R&D&I Scheme
Support for land remediation—prolongation.
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One further case has been put on hold by the UK, and four new cases have been notified. The 25 cases currently before the Commission are therefore as follows:
1. Agricultural and Horticultural Levy Board Market Research Scheme.
2. Agricultural and Horticultural Levy Board Technical Support Scheme.
3. Aid for indirect carbon price floor costs.
4. Amendment to SA.35565—Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme.
5. Electricity Market Reform: Capacity Market.
6. Electricity Market Reform—Investment Contract (early Contract for Difference) for the Hinkley Point C New Nuclear Power Station.
7. Electricity Market Reform—Renewables Contract for Difference.
8. English Woodland Grant Scheme.
9. Government support to the Thames Tideway Tunnel project.
10. Green Bus Fund.
11. Isles of Scilly Airlinks.
12. Isles of Scilly and Penzance sealinks.
13. Liverpool City Council Cruise Liner Terminal.
14. The Marine Energy Array Demonstrator (MEAD) Scheme.
15. Modifications to NEST pension scheme.
16. Northern Ireland Gas Pipeline—extension to the West and the North West.
17. Partnership support for regeneration.
18. R&D&I Scheme for Northern Ireland—extension to 31 December 2019.
19. Regional Stadia Development in Northern Ireland.
20. Renewables Obligation in Northern Ireland.
21. Regional Growth Fund—Jaguar LandRover (JLR).
22. Update to the UK Film Tax Relief.
23. Video games tax relief.
24. Waste Contract to provide waste disposal services for spent fuel and intermediate level waste (ILW) from new nuclear power stations.
25. Welsh Red Meat Advertising Scheme.
Land Registry
Ian Murray: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what effect the Government Company option in the consultation on the introduction of a Land Registry service delivery company would have on the role of legal practitioners, in populating the Land Register. [187516]
Michael Fallon: The way in which the Land Registry's services are delivered will likely change as the business pursues a digital, efficiency and modernisation agenda through its Business Strategy. This will continue irrespective of the outcome of the consultation—including if the status quo is maintained.
Ian Murray: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what effect he expects the consultation on the introduction of a Land Registry service delivery company and Land Registry's target operating model to have on the size and structure of the Registry. [187517]
Michael Fallon: The size and structure of the Land Registry may be influenced by the outcome of the consultation, as the future structure of the organisation will necessarily affect business planning.
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Ian Murray: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he last met representatives of the staff of Land Registry to discuss the consultation on the introduction of a Land Registry service delivery company; and if he will make a statement. [187518]
Michael Fallon: As the Minister responsible for the Land Registry, I met representatives of Land Registry staff in March 2013 to discuss the future of the Land Registry and a potential change in commercial model.
Ian Murray: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how Land Registry's target operating model is affected by the consultation on the Registry's status; if he will publish the model; and if he will make a statement. [187519]
Michael Fallon: The Target Operating Model (TOM) includes initial operational planning based on a number of LR business delivery assumptions. The consultation reflects a broader and different range of issues, as it considers and seeks views on a range of Land Registry commercial models.
Some parts of the TOM will be affected by the consultation's outcome. Therefore, it would be misleading to provide further details
Alison Seabeck: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many full-time equivalent posts there are in each Land Registry office. [187737]
Michael Fallon: In the following table are the figures requested for each individual Land Registry office as of 1 February 2014.
| Land Registry office | Number of full-time equivalent posts |
Local Enterprise Partnerships
Caroline Dinenage: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which Local Enterprise Partnerships shared a first draft of their Strategic Economic Plans with his Department by the end of December 2013; whether his Department provided feedback on each of these plans by the end of January 2014; and which such plans included specific proposals relating to (a) funding for skills provisions and (b) capital funding for further education colleges. [187172]
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Michael Fallon: All 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) submitted their draft Strategic Economic Plans (SEPs) in December 2013. Feedback from Government began in January 2014 and will continue until the final SEPs are submitted on 31 March 2014.
The SEPs indicated a strong LEP interest in the skills agenda, including accessing capital funding for further education colleges from the local growth fund.
Pay
Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him. [187237]
Jenny Willott: Information about BIS grades, the associated pay ranges and number of staff (headcount) in these grades as at August 2013 is shown in the following table. Please note a number of staff remain on legacy pay ranges inherited from previous Departments.
| Grade | Headcount |
I have approached the chief executives of the Department’s Executive agencies (Insolvency Service, Companies House, National Measurement Office, Intellectual Property Office, UK Space Agency, Ordnance Survey, Met Office, Land Registry and the Skills Funding Agency) and they will respond to the hon. Member directly.
Information for non-departmental public bodies is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Letter from Catherine Mealing-Jones, dated 10 February 2014:
Thank you for your question addressed to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, to ask how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
The UK Space Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills and has the following permanent members of staff on each pay grade:
| Grade | Total |
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Please note this also includes staff on temporary promotion to grades.
Letter from John Hirst, dated 10 February 2014:
I am replying on behalf of the Met Office to your Parliamentary Questions tabled on 6 February 2014, UIN 187237 to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
The Met Office does not operate a reward system based on pay grades. Rather it has a role based system where each role has a defined purpose, accountabilities and required professional skills. For the purpose of answering this question, these roles have been grouped together in bands that are broadly comparable to Civil Service grades. The information requested, based on these bandings is provided in the following table.
| Grade | Current number of staff (full-time equivalent) |
Letter from Dr Vanessa Lawrence, dated 10 February 2014:
As Director General and Chief Executive of Ordnance Survey, I have been asked to respond to your Parliamentary Question asking the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, “how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him”.
Ordnance Survey employs the following numbers in each of the civil service pay grades:
| CS grade | Headcount |
Should you have any further questions, please let me know.
I hope this information is helpful.
Letter from Tim Moss, dated 7 February 2014:
I am replying on behalf of Companies House to your Parliamentary Question tabled 6 February 2014, UIN 187237 to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
The number of Civil Servants on each pay grade in Companies House is as follows:
| Number | |
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Letter from Peter Mason, dated 10 February 2014:
I am responding in respect of the National Measurement Office (NMO), an executive agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), to your Parliamentary Question tabled on 6 February 2014, asking the BIS Secretary of State how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
The headcount for NMO as at 31 January 2014 is as follows:
| Grade | Number of staff |
I am responding in respect of the Intellectual Property Office to your Parliamentary Question tabled on 06th February 2014, to the Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills.
The IPO has its own grading structure with Civil Service equivalent grades. The following table shows the current pay grade distribution as at 01 February 2014:
| IPO grade | CS equivalent | Headcount |
Letter from Ed Lester, dated 10 February 2014:
I write on behalf of Land Registry in response to Parliamentary Question 187237 tabled on 06 February 2014 which asked the following:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
On 1 February 2014, Land Registry had the following substantive staff in service:
| Number | |
I hope that you find this information useful.
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Letter from Dr Richard Judge, dated 7 February 2014:
The Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has asked me to reply to your question, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him. My response relates to the Insolvency Service, an Executive Agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
The table below shows the number of civil servants at each pay grade.
| Insolvency Service Pay Band | Number |
Letter from Barbara Spicer, dated 11 February 2014:
Thank you for your question asking the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many civil servants are on each pay grade in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and public bodies accountable to him. (187237)
Please be advised that the Skills Funding Agency do not operate on Civil Service pay grades and as such the information provided is based on an approximate match. On the basis of this approximate match the below table outlines the number of employees at the Skills Funding Agency on the Civil Service Grade equivalent:
| Civil Service Grade Equivalent | Employee Count |
Property
Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him. [187278]
Jenny Willott: The following table includes the name, location, floor space and tenure status of buildings occupied by the Department. The Department does not own any of the properties or occupy any on a ground lease. Therefore, there is no property value recorded against the space occupied by the Department.
I have approached the chief executives of the Department's Executive agencies (Insolvency Service, Companies House, National Measurement Office, Intellectual Property Office, UK Space Agency, Ordnance Survey, Met Office, Land Registry and the Skills Funding Agency) and they will respond to the hon. Member directly.
Information for non-departmental public bodies is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Letter from Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB, dated 12 February 2014:
As Director General and Chief Executive of Ordnance Survey, I have been asked to respond to your Parliamentary Question asking the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, "what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him".
The spreadsheet details all the information requested for all premises owned or occupied by Ordnance Survey. This information will be placed in the Libraries of the House of Commons.
Should you have any further questions, please let me know.
I hope this information is helpful.
Letter from David Parker, dated 7 February 2014:
Thank you for your question addressed to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, to ask what the (a) name, (b) location, (c) floor space, (d) tenure status and (e) value is of properties (i) owned and (ii) occupied by (A) his Department and (B) agencies and public bodies accountable to him.
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The UK Space Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. It does not (i) own any properties. It (ii) occupies three locations as follows:
|
No buildings are owned by the UK Space Agency. For the three office locations space is leased within larger buildings with multiple occupiers. | ||||
Letter from John Hirst, dated 12 February 2014:
I am replying on behalf of the Met Office to your Parliamentary Questions tabled on 6 February 2014, UIN 187278 to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
The Met Office owns and leases a range of properties around the UK to support its weather and climate services. This includes office, workshop and storage accommodation, as well as a number of small unmanned sites which house essential operational observing equipment, such as weather radar and automatic weather stations. A list of these sites has been placed in the Libraries of the House. In addition, a number of Met Office staff are based at a range of MOD sites providing crucial support to military training and operations.
The value of the properties owned and occupied by the Met Office which are held on balance sheet is £63.8 million.
I hope this helps.
Letter from Tim Moss, dated 7 February 2014:
I am replying on behalf of Companies House to your Parliamentary Question tabled 6 February 2014, UIN 187278 to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
I will answer your questions in order.
Companies House has four locations, all named Companies House, in Cardiff, London, Edinburgh and Belfast.
The floor space for each office is as follows:
| Office | Floor Space |