14 Until 1999, no other Government department had expressed an interest in taking over 50 Queen Anne's Gate or any of the other existing Home Office buildings. Therefore, the Home Office negotiated with the landlord of Queen Anne's Gate to terminate the lease at a price equating to a net present cost of £91 million. In 2000, however, to avoid such a large payment, the Office of Government Commerce identified the Department for Constitutional Affairs (formerly the Lord Chancellor s Department) as a suitable occupier for Queen Anne's Gate and Clive House in response to separate requests for assistance from the Home Office and the Department for Constitutional Affairs. In June 2003, the Department for Constitutional Affairs exercised an option to extend the lease on Queen Anne s Gate to allow for its refurbishment and it will become liable for the lease and the cost of running the building once the Home Office vacates.