§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has as to the amount of vacant, dormant, derelict, unused and underused land owned by each Government Department.
§ Sir George Young[holding answer 14 February 1991]: Holdings of unused and underused land in England at 31 March 1990, the latest available date, as reported by the Departments concerned, are shown in the table. Information about health authorities' land is not available. No unused or underused land is held by any other major Departments.
Individual departments are responsible for monitoring and managing their own property holdings. The rationalisation of holdings, the disposal of surplus land and the improvement of systems are encouraged through the public expenditure survey discussions and in other ways.
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Unused and underused land held by Departments Acres Ministry of Defence 2,527 Department of the Environment 164 Home Office 299 HM Land Registry 18 Lord Chancellor's Department 9 Department of Transport 1,606