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DTI The department has lost a number of reporting agencies under Machinery of Government (MOG) changes.

These include Radio Agency and Government offices for the regions and various HQ offices have closed and staff relocated. The department has also reduced its HQ property holding in London by 30%, and some agency property has also been disposed of. Companies House saw a growth in their estate by the addition of one smaller building.

DWP DWP did not exist in 1999/00. This department was created by the merging of the Benefits Agency and

Employment Services in 2001. Since that date a programme of premises and staffing rationalisation has taken place and continues, with reductions in buildings and staff numbers. The Rent Service joined DWP in 2004 as an executive agency. The Appeals Service moved from DWP to Department DCA in April 2006 and this will be reflected in next year’s report.

ECGD None

FC None

FCO The assessment of 1999/00 data was extremely difficult due to the consolidation of operations into fewer,

and some different, sites. Hanslope Park, FCO’s technical centre, has had to significantly increase its amount of IT installations (server farms) to meet its global communication demands which has resulted in increased operational hours, staff numbers and power usage.

FSA No change to the estate.

HMRC The integration of the former HM Customs and Excise with Inland Revenue in April 2005 and the creation

of SOCA (Serious Organised Crime Agency).

HMT Sharing of building with HMRC.

HO An increase of 4,500 in the number of public sector prison places since 31st March 2000 to accommodate

an increasing prison population. Last year’s return stated 14,000ha for HMPS. This should have been acres (equivalent to 5,600ha). Programme to dispose of surplus prison estate land. Review and disposal of surplus prison estate farmland. Decant into new HQ office building at 2, Marsham Street from several smaller buildings.

LOD Crown Prosecution Service (CPS): No major changes. Serious Fraud Office (SFO): In December 2005, the

SFO signed a lease for additional accommodation at 200 Grays Inn Road. This extra space was required to accommodate the LOD’s growth, as well as provide decant space while Elm House was being upgraded. With the acquisition of 200 GIR, the previous additional space at Verulam Gardens has been surrendered. Sol Relocation from Queen Anne’s Chambers to One Kemble Street. Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) was established by an Act of Parliament in 2000 as an independent Inspectorate of the CPS and took up residence at 26-28 Old Queen Street, and tenancy of a small portion of United House in York. The Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO) started reporting this year (2005/06) as did HMCPSI.

MOD Since the launch of The Strategy for the Defence Estate, In Trust and On Trust, in 2000, Defence Estates has

been undertaking a programme of rationalisation for the estate to meet MOD’s future vision “To have an estate of the right size and quality to support the delivery of defence capability”. A vision that remains extant in the new strategy that was launched in March 2006. Some of the major change initiatives and projects that are taking place include: – The collocation of some Top Level Budget Headquarters. – Royal Air Force (RAF) to High Wycombe, Royal Navy (RN) to Portsmouth, Army intent to move to Andover, and certain Defence Logistics Organisation functions to collocate with the Defence Procurement Agency in the Bristol area. – A review of the London Estate combined with a commitment to move 3900 MOD personnel from the South East, as a result of the Lyon’s Report, enabling release of estate. – A major investment in Single Living Accommodation for military personnel. – A rationalisation of military airfields. – A change to the management of water and waste water to the estate by outsourcing using private expertise. – Significant investment in the Catterick Garrison and also for the Aldershot and Salisbury Plain area under Project Allenby-Connaught which has included significant sustainable development innovation. – The Future Defence Supply Chain Initiative has offered opportunities for the rationalisation of storage and distribution sites. - Other ongoing major reviews, due to report this year, which will have a significant impact for the estate, are related to Defence Training and also Medical outputs. As it currently takes time to change the estate in terms of construction/refurbishment or preparation for sale not all of the above are yet agreed or completed. However, the list does give an indication of the level of change that is being undertaken in relation to the MOD estate.

Department Comment

Cabinet Office The CO return includes consumption figures for the Central London Estate, The Emergency Planning College and The Central Office of Information. CO is no longer reporting for the Government Car and Despatch Agency as it has been transferred to the Department for Transport and Hepburn House is no longer part of the CO’s Central London Estate.

The Central London Estate includes minor occupiers whose energy consumption is not sub- metered. This year the Central London Estate’s energy consumption and floor area has been reduced by 11% to take into account the energy used by the minor occupiers (who occupy 11% of the floor area) to more accurately reflect the energy used by the CO. Reductions have not been applied to previous years as % occupation figures were not available.

A number of leased sites were excluded from the return as the utilities for these sites are paid for in the service charge and/or they could not get data on energy consumption.

Department for Constitutional Affairs

As of the 1 April 2006 the DCA and HMCS took over the running and maintenance of the Magistrates courts from the Local Authorities. This has effectively doubled its estate and although this was over a year ago information relating to this part of the estate is still under review. This is due to the various procedures that existed upon the estate with various re-charging mechanisms and agreements which DCA is still coming to understand.

In view of this, while DCA’s profile will change exceptionally from last year, it is most likely to change again next year and possibly the year after until some of these issues are finalised.

Department for Communities and Local Government

DCLG main estate

2002/03 was the first year of reporting for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, therefore this has been used as their base year. Although the QEII Conference Centre is an agency of ODPM, this has been reported separately. In addition, although the nine Government Offices came under ODPM as of 2002/03, these have also been reported separately.

ODPM have two CHP plants; however, it is not financially viable to run them due to technical issues, therefore they have not been in use this year.

The ODPM floor area has increased due to the addition of a new building in the estate. This has increased the overall energy consumption.

Government Offices

The nine regional Government Offices are reported as a separate entity. They currently reside under ODPM, but in the past have been split between different departments and moved between different departments. Where Government Offices were reported under different departments in the past, their figures have been removed from those departments to avoid double-counting (i.e. DTI and CO).

The Government Office’s floor area has increased due to two offices moving into new, larger buildings and another expanding the area managed within the same building.

QEII Conference Centre

Energy consumption has decreased in 2005/06 due to the re-fitting of more modern and efficient plant.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

2002/03 is the base year for DCMS since previous data is believed to be inaccurate. DCMS took the strategic decision in 2005 to concentrate on managing its utilities in a more proactive way. This resulted in the appointment of an energy manager through the facilities management contract who alongside the department’s sustainable estate manager developed an energy strategy with a detailed action plan. Part of the action plan included reviewing the need for a bureau service with the view of bringing it back in house. During this process DCMS has analysed and corrected data from its Cockspur Street and Tottenham Court Road sites and reviewed historical data from its two other sites. Following these, gas and floor area figures for 2004/05 have been revised.

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