Transport for London has forked out a cool £239,843 on refurbishments to just one floor of one of its offices this year. Given staff are only expected to spend 50% of their time in the office, how often will this be used?
An FoI has revealed that the 7th floor of the TfL’s Palestra office has been redeveloped to provide staff with “a quiet space to focus, a dynamic place to problem solve or plan, a room or pod to host meetings, or simply somewhere to take a break.” This figure includes £20,807 spent on cutting 40cm off 176 desks. That’s £2.96 per cm…
For £239,843, you could:
- Hire 5 revenue enforcement officers. With change to spare…
- Build 24 bus shelters.
- Fill 3,331 potholes.
TfL also admitted that much of the furniture was bought 2 years ago in anticipation for this refurbishment – adding another £280,000 to the bill.The taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…
