§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Defence what acreage was owned by his Department in Scotland (a) in total and (b) in each region (i) in June 1951 and (ii) at the latest available date.
§ Mr. GoodhartThe Ministry of Defence held the following acreages of land in the region on 1 April 1981, the latest date for which figures are readily available:
Freehold Leasehold Borders — — Central 197 6 Dumfries and Galloway 10,994 3 Fife 3,278 12 Grampian 4,877 101 Highland 7,111 6,154 Lothian 3,020 — Strathclyde 11,017 154 Tayside 3,906 15 Orkney 383 1 Shetland 84 42 Western Isles 3,271 61 TOTAL 48,138 6,549 There are no detailed records of Admiralty, War Office or Air Ministry holdings in Scotland in June 1951. The earliest date for which figures are available is 1 April 1966 but as this date was before the reorganisation of local government in Scotland, under which regions were introduced, it is not possible in the time available to produce the figures in this form.
Freehold Leasehold 50,059* 6,992 * This figure includes land held by ex-Ministry of Aviation establishments, which were vested in the Secretary of State for Defence on the formation of the Procurement Executive in 1972.