DCLG poised to switch headquarters

摘要

The DCLG will abandon its Eland House headquarters next year and relocate around 1,200 of its staff to the Home Office's Westminster base nearby, officials have now confirmed. Co-locating with the Home Office in Marsham Street is forecast to deliver total annual property savings worth ￡24m to the civil estate and ￡8m cash savings to the DCLG - which currently spends ￡20m running the property. Recent organisational changes at the Home Office - including reductions in staff headcount, the transfer of the Government Equalities Office to the department for culture media and sport and the recent splitting up of the UK Border Agency - mean the Marsham Street office has spare room.