§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, by(a) location and (b) region, the empty homes in the ownership of his Department which are (i) vacant for security reasons, (ii) vacant awaiting redevelopment, (iii) vacant for demolition and (iv) surplus.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe number of vacant residential properties owned by the Department as at 1 April 1993 was as follows:
Number (a) Retained for redevelopment or security reasons 70 (b) Retained for essential reallocation 86 (c) To be demolished 50 (d) Surplus and on the open market for sale 86 Total 292 The above figures do not include properties owned by the Metropolitan police or other police authorities.
Listing by locations is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.