HC Deb 22 May 1980 vol 985 cc351-2W
Mr. Allan Roberts

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many residential properties in the ownership of his Department or the Armed Forces are empty and have not been declared surplus to requirements.

Mr. Hayhoe

There are about 21,700 empty Service married quarters and Ministry of Defence houses in the United Kingdom. Some are awaiting repair or demolition, some have been allocated and will soon be occupied, others are held for contingencies, but as soon as any quarter is identified as surplus to long-term requirements it is passed to the Property Services Agency for disposal or disposed of in some other way.

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