§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of empty Ministry of Defence quarters in southern England(a) by county and (b) by shire district or borough at the latest available date. [21381]
§ Mr. SoamesMy Department has 4,976 empty family quarters in southern England. Of these, 558 are to be modernised, 1,454 have been identified for disposal, 316 are to be demolished and 630 are allocated for incoming service families.
A breakdown by county and local authority is given:
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Number Avon Woodspring District Council 207 Berkshire Bracknell Forest Borough Council 12 Newbury District Council 24 Royal Borough of Windsor 9 Wokingham District Council 55 100 Cornwall Kerrier District Council 89 Restormel District Council 71 Caradon District Council 11 171 Devon East Devon District Council 36 Exeter City Council 10 North Devon District Council 48 Plymouth County Council 298 South Hams District Council 9 West Devon District Council 9 410 Dorset East Dorset District Council 18 North Dorset District Council 188 Poole Borough Council 18 Purbeck District Council 81 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council 33 338 East Sussex Wealden District Council 76 Hampshire East Hampshire District Council 53 Fareham District Council 21 Gosport Borough Council 238 Hart District Council 22 Havant District Council 20 Portsmouth County Council 142 Rushmoor City Council 120 Test Valley Borough Council 101 Winchester County Council 63 New Forest District Council 51 831 Hertfordshire Watford District Council 22 Three Rivers District Council 23 Hertsmere District Council 40 85
Number Kent Dover District Council 191 Gravesham District Council 17 Rochester upon Medway District Council 127 Shepway District Council 210 545 London Barnet Outer London Borough 230 Bromley Outer London Borough 3 Camden Inner London Borough 7 Croydon Outer London Borough 3 Greenwich Outer London Borough 206 Harrow Outer London Borough 21 Hillingdon Outer London Borough 82 Hounslow Outer London Borough 122 Kensington and Chelsea Inner London Borough 24 Kingston Outer London Borough 60 Lambeth Inner London Borough 3 Lewisham Inner London Borough 11 Merton Outer London Borough 1 Richmond Outer London Borough 15 Sutton Outer London Borough 12 Wandsworth Inner London Borough 46 Westminster Inner London Borough 139 985 Oxfordshire Vale of the White Horse District Council 67 Somerset South Somerset District Council 44 Surrey Elmbridge District Council 4 Guildford Borough Council 89 Horsham Borough Council 1 Spelthorne District Council 5 Surrey Heath Borough Council 42 Tandridge District Council 129 Working Borough Council 28 298 West Sussex Chichester Borough Council 37 Wiltshire Kennet District Council 262 North Wiltshire District Council 17 Salisbury District Council 454 Thamesdown Borough Council 49 782