Question follow-through · 83782
Civil Service: Buildings
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking reduce the level of unused floorspace in civil service buildings.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking reduce the level of unused floorspace in civil service buildings.
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government Property Agency (GPA) is addressing unused floorspace by strategically reducing the overall size of the estate through consolidation and lease management, while simultaneously optimising the use of remaining space by adopting Smarter Workin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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