§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give for the year 1987–88 the sales of land and buildings by Department as in the form of his answer of 27 January 1987,Official Report, column 229, giving the gross figure for purchases of land and buildings for 1987–88.
§ Mr. MajorThe table shows sales and purchases of land and buildings by department for 1987–88. The figures include sales and purchases by local authorities and new towns as well as central government and are consistent with the figures published in the 1988 public expenditure White Paper, Cm. 288.
£ million 1987–88 estimated outturn Sales of land and existing buildings Purchases of land and existing buildings Defence 68 5 Foreign and Commonwealth Office1 10 46 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food2 29 1 Trade and Industry3 — — Employment 4 5 Transport 90 126 DOE-Housing 2,063 213 DOE-Other environmental services 883 54 Home Office4 48 20 Education 114 16 Arts and Libraries — — DHSS-Health and personal social services 221 21 DHSS-Social security — — Scotland 292 31 Wales 116 23 Northern Ireland 13 9 Chancellor's departments — — Other departments5 38 4 Total 3,989 576 1Including Overseas Development Administration. 2 Including Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce and Forestry Commission. 3 Including Export Credits Guarantee Department. 4 This group comprises the Home Office, Lord Chancellor's Department, Northern Ireland Court Service, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Serious Fraud Office and the Crown Office, Procurator Fiscal Service and the Lord Advocate's Department. 5 Including Property Servies Agency and Civil Superannuation.