The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
(1)
(a) I have been informed by the Department that it is currently leasing out about 1288 state-owned properties.
(b)
(i) There is no department that has hired a private facility for an Executive.
(ii)Not applicable
2. The primary mandate of the Department is to provide functional state-owned accommodation to various User Departments. The Department at the point of request for accommodation – does consider using State-Owned Facilities – however, in many instances – they are not readily useable nor available in areas identified for the executive. This is where the Department then considers using the private leases. In recognizing that there are challenges – the department has embarked on the following strategies in order to address overreliance on the private sector.