Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
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We are sceptical that the Government Hubs programme still represents good value for money in the current climate. The Government Hubs programme relocates civil servants from small offices into large, modern government hubs located in cities across the United Kingdom. The government plans to deliver at least 31 government hubs …
Government response. A progress report is provided to Ministers, on the Hubs Programme, biannually with the next due in the Summer 2023, which will be used to provide an annual update to the committee.
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Conclusion
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In addition to this, the Cabinet Office should update us yearly on the rollout of the hubs programme. Such updates should include the lease term and next available break point for each GPA hub, the extent to which offices are being sublet, the current levels of vacant space and what …
Government response. The Cabinet Office has commissioned departments to produce a forward look of their planned disposal activity to 2030, which will be refreshed periodically to enable analysis and monitoring of disposal plans.
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It is unclear how the government will meet its target for property disposals, given the past struggles of such programmes and current market uncertainty. The new government property strategy has set a target for disposing of surplus property, to generate £1.5 billion by 2025 that can be reinvested into the …
Government response. The response notes the Committee’s conclusion and points to the overall success of the 2018 Government Estate Strategy in unlocking savings and efficiencies.
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Conclusion
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On the basis of a Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Cabinet Office, including the Permanent Secretary, Chief Property Officer, the Government Head of the Property Profession and the Chief Executive of the Government Property Agency on the management of central government property.1
Government response. The department has now published on GOV.UK a bespoke property data standard, to enable better data collection for all of the government estate and the procurement of the new property database is due to take place throughout the course of …
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Conclusion
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We questioned whether the government’s plan to save £500 million on operating costs by 2025 was ambitious enough, noting that it only represents approximately a 2% reduction.55 Cabinet Office officials told us the target was a cautious one and that it might be able to save more. It explained that …
Government response. The government notes the Committee’s conclusion that the plan to reduce the operating costs of the government estate is not sufficiently ambitious.
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