§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the current number of properties (a) in the ownership and (b) under the control of the Property Services Agency; how many of the properties in each case are empty; and if he will give a breakdown of the number of empty properties in each case by local authority area.
§ Sir George YoungThe Property Services Agency currently administers 2,762 properties on the Government's civil estate, the freehold of which is vested in my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment; of these, 57 are wholly vacant. The PSA also administers 5,282 leasehold properties on the civil estate, of which 94 are vacant. 1,041 properties are in the process of disposal on behalf of my right hon. Friend the300W Secretary of State for Defence; details of the numbers of properties in the latter category which are currently vacant are not held centrally.
The number of vacant properties falling into each local authority area could be determined only at disproportionate cost.