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Re: Selling Scotland Yard - part of London's history
You seem to be missing the point - it would cost a fortune to bring the Yard up to modern working standards - BBC
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New Scotland Yard became the force's HQ in 1967 and the Met paid £124.5m for the building in 2008. It costs the force £11m per year to run.
"We need buildings that are fit for a modern police service," said Mr Mackey.
"New Scotland Yard costs £11m a year to run and we now need to invest over £50m into it."
He said: "It is a 60s building, so the infrastructure and support services that are in the building, I think, from the heating and ventilation through to the IT provision, is from the 60s.
"Despite the money we've spent on it over the years, it is an asset that we could use differently and better invest the money in policing."
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