Information Access Team
Information Management Service
Room No: Ground Floor, Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF
Switchboard 020 7035 4848
E-mail [email address] www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Mr Henry
Our Ref 13935
request-28131-
Your Ref
[email address]
Date
25 February 2010
Dear Mr Henry
I am writing further to my e-mail of 5 February 2010, about your request for
information concerning furniture and workstation costs covering the financial
years 2007-2009 for the Home Office building at 2 Marsham Street. Your request
has been handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000. We are now in a position to provide a full reply to your request.
I am able to disclose the information set out in the enclosed Annex.
In keeping with the Freedom of Information Act, we assume that all information
can be released to the public unless it is exempt. In line with normal practice we
are therefore releasing the information which you requested via the Home Office
website.
I hope that this information meets your requirements. I would like to assure you
that we have provided you with all relevant information that the Home Office
holds.
If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent
internal review of our handling of your request by submitting a complaint within
two months to the address below, quoting reference 13935. If you ask for an
internal review, it would be helpful if you could say why you are dissatisfied with
the response.
Information Access Team
Home Office
Ground Floor, Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
e-mail: [email address]
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As part of any internal review the Department's handling of your information
request wil be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with
this response. If you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you would have
a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50
of the Freedom of Information Act.
Yours sincerely
Martin Riddle
Information Access Caseworker
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Freedom of Information request from Mr Henry (reference 13935)
Information requested
I would be grateful if you could tell me (for the financial years 07/08, 08/09, and
please take all references to the Home Office as being for the premises occupied
at 2 Marsham Street. I understand that this cuts across MOJ and UKBA- I would
be grateful if a unified answer could be reached)
1) What percentage of furniture (such as desks, chairs and pedestals) is owned
by the Home Office versus that which is leased.
2) How much has been spent in total on leasing office furniture (for the above
years)
4) How much it costs to furnish a single workstation (I would be grateful if you
could itemise this)
5) the number of workstations in the Home Office
6) the number of workstations in use on a day-to-day basis
7) The name of the company from whom this is leased
Response
1) Al Office furniture within 2 Marsham Street is provided by the PFI supplier that
operates the building
2) The costs for the provision, maintenance and renewal/replacement of office
furniture are contained within the monthly PFI combined accommodation
charge. The percentage of this payment that relates to office furniture is not
held. The PFI combined accommodation charge covers accommodation
provision and support services, such as reception, security guarding, cleaning
etc. Details on total costs are already published by HM Treasury – row 434 of
this file refers: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/pfi_signed_projects_list.xls
4) Under the arrangements in place during the years in question, a standard
workstation comprised the following: desk unit, return, electrical power strip,
pedestal, chair and, where applicable, privacy screen(s). Costs to the PFI
supplier for purchasing these items varies according to the size of the order.
As a guide for small orders:
a desk unit, return and power strip: £1,000
chair:
£340
pedestal £115
5) During each of the years covered by the request, the department had 3,781
workstations in 2 Marsham Street.
6) A survey during 2008-09 indicated that generally approximately sixty percent
of workstations were in use at any one time. At the time staff were allocated
their own workstation. In 2009/10 flexible working was introduced which
provides, in general, for 8 workstations per 10 staff. This change wil be
completed for all HO and UKBA staff in 2 Marsham Street later this calendar
year and wil increase usage of workstations proportionately.
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7) Furniture in 2 Marsham Street is not separately leased. As previously stated in
our answer to question one, all office furniture in 2 Marsham Street is provided
by the PFI supplier that operates the building. The service provider for the PFI
accommodation contract is Annes Gate Property plc.
Date
25/02/2010
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