Since the NAO's fieldwork, the overall space utilisation for the White City 2 site (ie Media Centre, Broadcast Centre and Energy Centre) has improved from the 15% vacancy rate shown in table 12 of page 17 to 7% by October 2005.
In July, we reported in the management response that free space was 4.3% in respect of the Media Centre and Broadcast Centre. This has reduced to 3.5%. The vacancy rate in the new Media Centre alone is 4% and that of the Broadcast Centre is 3%. This compares to an industry average of 5%. The site is now occupied by over 5,000 workers.