§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what his estimate is of the current value of land and property held by the Cabinet Office in (i) Scotland and (ii) in total; [99727]
(2) what his estimate is of the current value of land and property (a) in Scotland and (b) in total held by each of the executive agencies within the responsibility of his Department; and if he will give the total value of assets held by these bodies. [99728]
§ Mr. StringerThe total current value of the land and property held by the Cabinet Office, excluding executive agencies, is £69,715,000, none of which is in Scotland.
The current value of assets held by each executive agency within the responsibility of the Minister for the Cabinet Office in the requested categories is given in the table.
1 The Maritime and Coastguard Agency was launched as a result of the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions merging the Marine Safety Agency and the Coastguard Agency.2 On 14 May 1998, the then Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, Peter Kilfoyle, announced that the Security Facilities Executive Agency was no longer a viable organisation and that it would cease to be an executive agency from 1 July 1998.3 Defence Aviation Repair Agency was launched as an agency incorporating the RAF Maintenance Repair Organisation and Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation.4 Defence Storage and Distribution Agency was launched as an agency incorporating the majority of the Army Base Storage and Distribution Agency.5 Defence Transport and Movements Agency was launched as an agency incorporating the Defence Transport and Movements Executive.6 Following an evaluation of Government Property Lawyers (GPL) and a Prior Options Study, the Attorney-General concluded that against the background of a declining work load, the business of the GPL Agency had become non-viable and there was no longer a requirement to maintain a central conveyancing function in the public sector.In addition to those agencies above which were abolished, in 1998 the Historic Royal Palaces Agency changed its status to that of a Non-Departmental Public Body. The Social Security Contributions Agency was incorporated in Inland Revenue in 1999 as an Executive Office (National Insurance Contributions Office).