HC Deb 10 June 1988 vol 134 cc703-5W
Mr. Gordon Brown

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table comparable with that

Sales of Land and Buildings by Department, 1979–80 to 1990–91 (£ million)
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
outturn outturn outturn outturn outturn outturn outturn outturn estimated outturn plans plans plans
Defence 45 66 54 41 32 28 60 76 68 81 50 50
Foreign and Commonwealth Office1 — — 2 — 3 2 12 6 10 10 10 10
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food2 9 21 13 12 11 11 20 31 29 10 10 10
Trade and Industry3 3 3 2 7 11 16 10 — — — — —
Employment — — — 1 1 1 — 3 4 — — —
Transport 32 44 66 41 44 53 51 51 90 47 40 40
DOE-Housing 544 792 1,392 1,965 1,525 1,355 1,286 1,497 2,063 1,665 1,750 1,830
DOE-Other Environmental Services 121 192 215 288 314 394 458 634 883 853 720 690
Home Office and Legal departments4 22 26 26 39 70 69 70 90 48 65 50 40
Education and Science 20 25 47 46 46 79 101 118 114 105 110 110
Arts and Libraries — 8 2 4 3 2 1 — — — — —
DHSS-Health and Personal Social Services 15 22 25 27 45 64 103 164 221 212 210 210
DHSS-Social Security — — — — — — — — — — — —
Scotland 42 81 133 190 230 251 228 245 292 292 260 240
Wales 19 27 102 137 90 82 84 92 116 111 110 110
Northern Ireland 1 — 1 3 3 4 4 8 13 13 10 10
Chancellor's Departments — — 4 — — — — — — — — —
Other Departments5 5 9 7 16 8 8 24 39 38 35 40 50
Total 879 1,316 2,092 2,816 2,436 2,419 2,512 3,054 3,989 3,500 3,360 3,420
1 Including Overseas Development Administration.
2 Including Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce and Forestry Commission.
3 Including Export Credits Guarantee Department.

given to the hon. Member for Sedgefield (Mr. Blair) in the Official Report, 27 January 1987, columns 229–30, for sales of land and buildings by Departments, including plans for 1990–91.

Mr. Major

The table shows sales of land and buildings by Department for the years 1979–80 to 1990–91. The figures included sales by local authorities and new towns as well as central Government and are consistent with the figures published in the 1988 public expenditure White Paper (Cm. 288).

4 This group comprises the Home Office, Lord Chancellor's Department, Northern Ireland Court Service, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Serious Fraud Office and the Crown Office, Procurator Fiscal Service and Lord Advocate's Department.

5 Including Property Services Agency and Civil Superannuation.

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