CONFIDENTIAL

Subje t

Office and

Quarters

Accommodation

3

Councils and Administration Branch Progress Report

(1 February 1932 30 April 1982)

Purpose

Progress Made & Present Position

Next Quarter Target

General

(a) To establish and

review policy affecting Government (a) accommodation.

(b) To forecast require (b)

?

ments for office

+

and quarter.

accommodation and

to

ensure that these

are efficiently

and economically imet.

Accommodation Policy Group - no meeting held during this quarter.

Establishment of Property Record

Stage I of Phase III taken Completed update of Phase I. Mechanization review started.

Offices

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over.

Review date for next meeting.

Continue mechanization review. Complete updating of Phase II.

:

(a) Leasing Programme 1982/83

Leasing Programme drawn up and issued.

(b)

Construction 27 office projects now in PWP, with 15 in Cat. A Work commenced on 14 of these. Will result in 526,000 m2 of owned office accommodation over next five years.

(c) To plan the const-

ruction or acquisition of offices and quarters in order to reduce to a minimum Govt's dependence upon leasing.

Quarters

(a) Leasing NDOS & DQS 176 NDOS and

24 DOS were taken over. Market rentals for residential properties suitable as Government quarters have softened over the past year but are unlikely to decline much further in the near future.

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