The UK government has been battling bedbug infestations in several buildings, including 1 Victoria Street, 10 South Colonnade, and the Home Office headquarters. Data released under Freedom of Information laws reveals the extent of the problem and the costs associated with treatment.
Work on the property – 1 Victoria Street, which housed the three departments spanning business, energy and technology – included furniture removal and disposal, heat treatment and the use of sniffer dogs, according to data released under Freedom of Information laws.In 2024, the GPA spent £103,170 treating bedbugs at 10 South Colonnade in London ’s Canary Wharf.
The building is home to a range of government departments, including the UK Health Security Agency, whose job it is to protect public health and combat environmental hazards.The FoI data also shows that £11,072 was spent treating the Home Office’s headquarters on Marsham Street with “dog detection air sampling”.had been found in furniture in the Marsham Street building. The insects were believed to have been “brought in from outside and then transferred around the building”. understands that staff mostly continued to use all three buildings during the treatment, with the works typically taking place overnight. However, it was previously reported that some civil servants at the UK Health Security Agency were told to work from home during the treatment early last year.At home they can live in clothes or sheets and are named after their habit of hiding out in beds, then emerging at night. Their bites leave itchy blotches, which appear red on white skin or purplish on darker skin tones. The bites will usually be on parts of the body that were exposed overnight, such as the arms or face.outbreak in ParisReports of infestations increase in late summer and autumn, which may be partly just because people tend to travel more in summer and then bring home the insect
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