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Written question asked by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 March 2009. It was answered by Shaun Woodward (Labour) on Monday, 20 April 2009 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Departmental Buildings

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what properties (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies have sold in each of the last five years; and how many have been sold for housing developments.
Answer

The following table gives details of the number of properties sold by the Northern Ireland Office and its agencies in each of the last five years:

Number of properties sold
Financial year Northern Ireland Office Agencies
2007-08 9 0
2006-07 7 0
2005-06 22 0
2004-05 14 0
2003-04 1 0
Total 53 0

The Department holds no records that show that any of these properties have been sold for housing developments.The Northern Ireland Office's executive non-departmental bodies operate independently of Government. I would encourage the hon. Member to write to the respective chief executives when requesting details of operational matters. Details of the Northern Ireland Office's non-departmental public bodies can be found in the Northern Ireland Office 2008 Departmental Report:"http://www.nio.gov.uk/northern_ireland_office_departmental_report_2008.pdf"

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
491 c295W; 267559
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Buildings Northern Ireland Office
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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