§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many houses his Department owns; how many are empty; and how many are along routes of proposed road building schemes.
§ Mr. ChopeOn 1 October 1990, the total number of dwellings owned by the Department of Transport was 2,370. Of these 2,339 have been acquired in connection with road schemes and 31 are used by the coastguard services. A total of 498 are empty.