§ Sir P. Macdonaldasked the Secretary of State for Air what properties his Department still owns or occupies in the Isle of Wight; and if he will give particulars in each case showing when it is intended to derequisition these properties in order to make them available to provide temporary emergency accommodation for the civilian population before the winter.
§ Mr. de FreitasThree sites in the Isle of Wight on which huts have been put up for housing airmen are still held on requisition by my Department. One is occupied by the R.A.F. and will be needed in the future; the second is also to be retained, but it is not at present occupied, and the living quarters are therefore being released; the huts at the third site have already been handed over to the local authority.
§ Sir P. Macdonaldasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what properties his Department still owns or occupies in the Isle of Wight; and whether he will give particulars in each case as to 151W when it is intended to derequisition these properties in order to make them available to provide temporary emergency accommodation for the civilian population before the winter.
§ Mr. W. EdwardsThirty Admiralty freehold and leasehold cottages and houses and four requisitioned wooden bungalows or beach huts are held by the Admiralty in the Isle of Wight. Twenty-five of the Admiralty properties are occupied by civilian tenants or as married quarters by Naval personnel. The future of the remaining five is under urgent consideration. The four requisitioned bungalows are no longer required and will be derequisitioned as soon as certain stores have been removed. The local authority have declared these buildings unfit for habitation.