HC Deb 29 June 1989 vol 155 cc532-3W
Sir David Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many houses the Ministry of Defence owns at Barton Stacey; and, of these, how many were empty on 31 March in each year from 1986 to 1989.

Mr. Neubert

The Army's stock of married quarters and vacancies at 31 March for each of the years 1986 to 1989 was as follows:

Stock Vacancies
31 March 1986 161 29
31 March 1987 161 86
31 March 1988 138 35
31 March 1989 138 27

Of the 27 vacancies at 31 March this year, seven were already allocated to nominated incomers, one was awaiting repair and 10 were already being processed for disposal and will shortly be advertised under the discounted sale to service men scheme.