HC Deb 24 October 1972 vol 843 cc253-4W
64. Mr. Tilney

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the aproximate value of property for diplomats and other British personnel owned by Great Britain in countries overseas.

Mr. Amery

Any such valuation must necessarily be very imprecise, but on the basis of the valuation exercise which my Department has conducted since 1968 the aproximate value of the owned diplomatic estate overseas is £70 million. The approximate value of other property owned by Her Majesty's Government overseas is £60 million, of which about £57 million is in respect of Ministry of Defence property.