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Written question asked by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 November 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 28 November 2014 (named day). It was answered by Anna Soubry (Conservative) on Friday, 28 November 2014 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Assets

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) land and (b) premises owned by his Department are not in operational use; and what the estimated value of those assets is.

Answer

The total area of land owned by the Ministry of Defence in the UK is 228,000 hectares, of which 3,500 hectares is currently surplus to Defence requirements.

Details of Ministry of Defence land holdings with asset valuation over £1 million can be found in Chapter Seven of the National Asset Register, last published by HM Treasury in 2007:

http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7022/7022.pdf


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
215931
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Assets Buildings Land Ministry of Defence
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk