§ Mrs. Gormanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total sales, in pounds sterling, of land and buildings disposed of by local and central Government in the years: 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87.
§ Mr. WaldegraveInformation about receipts from the sale by local government of land and buildings is not separately available. Receipts from the sale of fixed assets (including land and buildings) are as follows:
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£ million 1978–79 194.659 1979–80 304.030 1980–81 406.322 1981–82 866.650 1982–83 1,461.861 1983–84 1,412.817 1984–85 1,447.617 1985–86 1,628.624 1986–87 11,950.000 1 Estimated figure. The Property Services Agency falls within my responsibility. Sales of land and buildings by it for the defence and common user civil estates are as follows:
£ million Year Defence Civil 1978–79 33.0 5 1979–80 50.0 8 1980–81 65.0 18 1981–82 54.6 9 1982–83 41.0 20 1983–84 42.0 10 1984–85 28.0 14 1985–86 60.0 29 1986–87 75.0 41