Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department and each of its non-departmental public bodies has spent on vacant properties since May 2010.
Between 2010/11 and 2013/14 the Department and its non-departmental public bodies spent the following on vacant property:
2010 - £500,669
2011 - £352,875
2012 - £163,996
2013 - £229,540
2014 - £174,669
This includes spend on holding costs such as maintenance and security, for wholly vacant properties.