Government Property Agency (United Kingdom)
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- Pat Ritchie CBE, Chair
- Mark Bourgeois, Chief Executive
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| Executive agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 April 2018[1] |
| Jurisdiction | Government of the United Kingdom |
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| Parent department | Cabinet Office |
| Parent Executive agency | Office of Government Property |
| Website | www |
The Government Property Agency (GPA) is an executive agency of the Cabinet Office, a department of the Government of the United Kingdom.[2] Formed in April 2018, it is responsible for managing government property and advising government departments in their management of property.
A similar organisation to the GPA, the Property Services Agency, existed between 1972 and 1993. It was disbanded in favour of government departments taking on responsibility for managing their own property. The GPA was created in shadow form in 2017 and formally established as an executive agency of the Cabinet Office in 2018.[3]
Functions
The GPA delivers "property and workplace solutions" to the various departments of the United Kingdom government. It is designed to introduce a "portfolio-led approach to managing central government general purpose property as a strategic asset". It is, or is becoming, the legal owner of the government general purpose estate, and works with government departments to manage their property. The GPA is a national organisation, working with client departments across the country. In addition to London, they have offices in Swindon, Coventry, Newport, Manchester, Leeds, and Norwich.
The GPA describes themselves as "behav[ing] like a commercial real estate company". They are responsible for managing the government's central estate offices and warehouses, supporting government departments as tenants, providing workplace services to government departments and providing portfolio advice to support departments' objectives.[4]
