§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will publish a list of assets sold by his Department and their value, by item, in each year since 1991–92; and if he will estimate the value of sales planned for(a) 1999–2000 and (b) 2000–01. [95645]
§ Mr. Wills[holding answer 8 November 1999]: The publication of a list of assets sold by the Department and their value, by item in each year since 1991–92 cannot be supplied except at a disproportionate cost to the Department. We can however supply details of total value of asset by type from 1991–92 to 1996–97 and the latter part of 1998–99 (see Table 1). Details for 1997–98 and 1998–99 up to December 1998 were given in the reply by my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds, East (Mr. Mudie) on 23 February 1999, Official Report, columns 278–81.
The estimate of the value of sales planned for 1999–2000 and 2000–01 is shown in Table 2. Tables 1 and 2 set out the information for the Department and exclude non departmental public bodies and local education authorities.
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Table 1 £000 Year and organization Type of asset Value of asset Employment Service Principally land and buildings 3,436 Other surplus assets 966 Total 4,402 1993–94 Department for Education and Employment STA properties 240 Sale of land following withdrawal of City Technology College proposals 1,592 Other surplus assets 12 Total 1,844 Employment Service Principally land and buildings 5,641 Other surplus assets 1,573 Total 7,214 1994–95 Department for Education and Employment STA properties 1,441 Total 1,441 Employment Service Principally land and buildings 7,329 Other surplus assets 2,343 9,672 1995–96 Department for Education and Employment STA properties 5,521 Total 5,521 Employment Service Principally land and buildings 3,404 Other surplus assets 1,667 Total 5,071 1996–97 Department for Education and Employment Property 102 Other surplus assets 404 Total 506 January 1999-March 1999 Department for Education and Employment No additional sales January 1999-March 1999 Employment Service Land and buildings 170 Vehicles 938 Total 1,108 Notes:
1. Asset details for 1997–98 published on 23 February 1999, Official Report, columns 278–81.
2. Asset details for 1998–99 (April to December 1998) published on 23 February 1999, Official Report, columns 278–81.
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Table 2 £000 Year and organisation Type of asset Estimated value of asset (a) 1999–2000 Department for Education and Employment/Employment Service Freehold Property 4,700 Vehicles, Office Machinery, Fixture and Fitting 1,353 Total 6,053 (b) 2000–01 Department for Education and Employment/Employment Service Freehold Property 4,150 Vehicles, Office Machinery, Fixture and Fittings 1,403 Total 5,553