§ Mr. Austin-WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all empty residential property in the London borough of Greenwich which is in the ownership or control of his Ministry and the type of accommodation available; how long each property has been vacant; and what is the intended future use.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonAs at 31 March 1992, the latest date for which figures are available, 99 MOD-owned service married quarters, out of a total of 659, were vacant in the London borough of Greenwich. Ninety-eight had been vacant for under one year and one for between one and two years. All the properties are required for use by serving or redundant service personnel.
Many of the vacant properties were either undergoing or awaiting major maintenance work or modernisation and some were already allotted to service families who were due to move in shortly. In addition, nine married quarters were in the process of being sold and negotiations were taking place to lease 30 quarters to a housing association to accommodate redundant service personnel.