Attorney General: Buildings
(asked on 18th June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, which buildings occupied by the Law Officers' Departments are owned or part-owned privately; what the total value is of the rent paid to private landlords for the use of such buildings for official duties; and to whom such rent is paid.
The information requested in respect of the Attorney General’s Office, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and the Government Legal Department (formally TSol) remains unchanged from that given in the former Solicitor General’s answer to question 183631 on 22 January 2014 (Official Report, Col 192W). Information relating to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is detailed below.
The SFO is a tenant in 2-4 Cockspur Street, London, SW1Y 5BS which is owned by the Crown Estate. The Canadian High Commission (CHC) has taken out a 101 year lease from the Crown Estate for the building and the SFO makes rental payments to the CHC for the space it occupies. The rent paid by the SFO for 2014-15 financial year amounted to £1,733,619 (including non-recoverable VAT).
In March 2015 the SFO rented additional temporary office space as part of one of its blockbuster investigations. Following discussions with the Government Property Unit (GPU) a short term lease for temporary accommodation was agreed with Regus Management. This lease is due to run from 16 March to 30 June 2015 and rental payments for the 2014-15 financial year amounted to £15,690 (including non-recoverable VAT).
According to records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) property managing agent (DTZ), the CPS leases the following buildings that are owned or part-owned privately. The rent figures exclude VAT.
Property | Town | Landlord | Rent £p/a |
Emlyn Hughes House | Barrow-in-Furness | Barrow-in-furness Borough Council | 33,000 |
Colmore Gate | Birmingham | CIP Property (AIPT) Ltd | 1,167,925 |
Riding Gate House | Canterbury | James Hay Pension Trustees Ltd | 143,000 |
Capital Tower | Cardiff | Topland Mercury Ltd | 229,716 |
Stocklund House | Carlisle | Chartsand Ltd | 28,880 |
County House | Chelmsford | IPT Property Holdings ltd | 688,000 |
Fox Talbot House | Chippenham | PFC Asset Management Ltd | 185,000 |
Southern House | Croydon | London & Continental Railways Ltd | 205,239 |
Black Horse House | Eastleigh | Eastleigh Borough Council | 96,777 |
Gateway | Guildford | Napier Capital No 1 Ltd | 356,850 |
City Gate | Hove | Altyre Properties | 150,750 |
St Vincent House | Ipswich | Seacourt Properties Ltd | 72,500 |
Jefferson House | Leeds | Bunbury Holdings Ltd | 234,000 |
Princes Court | Leicester | Daffodil General Partner Ltd | 290,000 |
The Regatta (Suites 1-3) | Lincoln | Melbourne Holdings Ltd | 61,275 |
Rose Court | London | Grandiose Investments Pte Ltd | 4,345,800 |
Sunlight House | Manchester | Scottish Widows Investment Partnership PT | 615,377 |
Hudson Quay | Middlesbrough | Middlehaven Properties Ltd | 160,410 |
Mold Business Park | Mold | WEPRE INNS Limited | 40,000 |
St Anne's Quay | Newcastle | M & F Finance (Ireland) Ltd | 530,000 |
Carmelite House | Norwich | Jarrold Properties | 246,000 |
King Edward Court | Nottingham | Nottingham & County Constitutional Club Ltd | 10,500 |
King Edward Court | Nottingham | The Saxon Graphics Pension Scheme (SAPS) | 15,400 |
King Edward Court | Nottingham | Highclare Properties Ltd | 120,000 |
Gemini One | Oxford | Arlington Business Parks Partnerships | 263,880 |
Preston | Preston | Landmarq LLP | 203,600 |
Queens House | St Albans | Queens House Ltd | 232,500 |
Etruria Office Village | Stoke | Bunbury Holdings | 189,300 |
Central Police Station | Swansea | Police & Crime Commissioner for South Wales | 103,000 |
Penhaligon House | Truro | Daejan Commercial Props Ltd | 53,300 |
South Parade | Wakefield | Yorkway Construction & Trewint Construction | 96,000 |
Burnley Wharf | Burnley | Judith McFarlane-Davidson | 105,600 |
Vantage Point House | Cwmbran | Vantage Point Business Park | 120,863 |
Priory Gate | Maidstone | Eaton Assets UK Ltd | 366,300 |
Afon House, | Newtown, Powys | Trillium (Prime) Property GP Ltd | 27,200 |
Parker Court | Stafford | Edward Barry Davey & Maria Davey | 130,910 |
Bankside Chambers | Warrington | Dukeminster 80 Ltd | 87,685 |
Bromfield House | Wrexham | G Walker Properties Ltd | 79,000 |
The Regatta Suites 4 - 5 | Lincoln | Melbourne Holdings Ltd | 43,677 |