1. Government Estate Strategy 2018
Janet Young, Government Chief Property Officer
Public Sector Solutions Expo – ExCel London
25 June 2019

2. £496bn The public estate Government Property Function
Provides a platform for the delivery of public services across the largest property portfolio in the UK. It is committed to supporting the transformation of public services and managing the public sector estate for public benefit.
Public Sector estate valued at
£496bn
Provides the platform for
Health
Education
Local Authorities
Defence
Justice
Offices
Science
… including £65bn
assets under construction
....and many more assets across the wider public estate
Undergoing radical transformation through
Changing and stewarding
Relocation and globalisation
...more than 300,000 properties
Demographic change
Digitisation
Supported by more than 5,000 people (including 3,000 members of the Government Property Profession)
Workforce projections show that the function will grow in size by more than 20%, reflecting the scale of planned transformation.
Property professionals deliver services across the whole property life cycle including estate strategy, new buildings, redevelopment, FM and disposals. 2

3. Government Estate Strategy
Drive growth and opportunity
Excellent public services
More land for housing
Rebalancing the economy
Deliver value
Better asset management
Improved data and sustainability
Support a brilliant Civil Service
Strengthened expertise
Great places to work
Enhancing the heart of London 3

4. Government Standard for Property
The Property Standard is part of a suite of operational standards that set expectations for property and estate management within government.
This will ensure that property is:
Procured, held, managed and disposed of appropriately
Well designed and constructed
Efficient, secure, compliant, fit for purpose, sustainable and good value for money
And that…
… the asset value of government property is optimised 4

5. Building capacity and capability
We have three ambitions from introducing a career framework into the Government Property Profession:
Driving up professionalism d
Supporting career development
Attracting and retaining top talent 5

6. Geospatial digital National Asset Register
Art gallery
Housing office
Library
Job centre
Local council HQ
Leisure centre
Town hall
Magistrates court
Police station
University
Fire station 6
Crown court 6

7. Programmes Roles out of London Co-location Skills clusters across UK
Belfast
Birmingham
Bristol
Cardiff
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Leeds
Liverpool
Manchester
Newcastle
Nottingham
Sheffield
Swansea
Roles out of London
Co-location
Skills clusters across UK
Collaboration
Support local growth
Maximising asset value
Places for Growth
One Public Estate
Land for housing
Hubs
Respond to housing shortage
Multi-use buildings
Release surplus land
Good transport links
Local authority partnerships
Reduce cost

8. Whole life asset maintenance
Future priorities
Sustainability
Use less energy
Use greener energy
Reduce cost
Whole life asset maintenance
Safe, effective workplaces
Looking after critical assets
Reduce risk
Futures
PropTech
Intelligent buildings
Artificial intelligence 8

9. Thank you Questions? 9