§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what heritable property owned by his Department in Scotland has been sold in the last 10 years for which information is available; to whom it was sold in each case; and what price was obtained in each case.
§ Mr. NeubertThis information is not readily available in the form requested and the need for commercial confidentiality would in any case limit the amount of information that could be disclosed. A review of our records is being undertaken with the aim of providing some information and I shall write to the hon. and learned Member.
§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if, pursuant to his answers of 5 December,Official Report, columns 70-73, he will list the approximate value of the heritable property in each case of the bases and establishments owned by his Department in Scotland.
§ Mr. NeubertNo. This information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if his Department has any plans to sell any of the bases and establishments owned by his Department in Scotland and listed in his answers of 5 December,Official Report, columns 70-73.
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§ Mr. NeubertThere are no firm plans to sell off any of the bases and establishments listed in my hon. Friends answers of 5 December,Official Report, columns 70-73. As the hon. Member will appreciate, however, the Defence estate is kept under continuing review to ensure that the area retained is the minumum necessary to meet essential requirements.