Trinity Crescent, Tooting

HC Deb 03 December 1980 vol 995 cc103-4W

Mr. Thomas Cox

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what future use is to be made of 1 Trinity Crescent, Tooting, London, SW17.

Mr. Brittan

This property belongs to the receiver for the Metropolitan Police district and was purchased by him in 1974 as part of the site for the new Trinity Road police station. It is understood that the receiver hopes—subject to planning agreement—eventually to use the site for that purpose, when this particular building would have to come down. In the meantime, he has offered the property to the London borough of Wandsworth at a nominal rent, so that the building might be used for housing homeless families or for other council purposes. I understand that as yet there has been no response to the offer.