§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many residential properties owned by the Duchy are(a) empty, (b) for sale on the open market, (c) intended for sale on the open market and (d) for sale to housing associations, in terms of numbers and percentage of stock.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe Duchy of Lancaster owns a number of residential properties which are used solely for agricultural purposes—such as farmhouses or farm workers' cottages—or for housing staff, or which are held on long ground leases. These properties are excluded from the figures given:
Of the balance of 240 residential properties,
- (a) nine are empty, or 3.75 per cent. of the total owned, all of which are in the course of being re-let—some after modernisation works have been completed;
- (b) one property, or 0.8 per cent. of the total, is vacant awaiting sale;
- (c) one, or 0.8 per cent. of the total, is intended for sale on the open market; and
- (d) none is for sale to housing associations.
Authority Administration and Clerical Hospital Medical Nursing Total Consultants Others Northern 8.2 1.0 1.7 31.3 42.2 Yorkshire 11.9 1.0 3.0 46.7 62.6 Trent 32.2 4.0 3.3 52.8 92.3 East Anglian 11.2 0.0 1.7 20.6 33.5 North West Thames 11.8 1.0 2.3 49.3 64.3 North East Thames 21.8 4.0 3.2 55.6 84.5 South East Thames 16.7 4.0 5.8 45.9 72.4 South West Thames 13.5 2.0 0.3 44.4 60.1 Wessex 12.0 1.0 2.0 35.0 50.0 Oxford 14.5 0.0 0.5 29.2 44.2 South Western 14.2 1.0 2.5 37.0 54.7 West Midlands 22.4 0.0 5.9 64.6 92.9 Mersey 12.3 1.0 2.7 35.5 51.5 North Western 15.3 3.0 4.5 66.8 89.6 SHAs 0.5 0.0 0.4 5.5 6.4 England 218.4 23.0 39.8 620.1 901.2 Data are not available on "occupational health physicians".
Data relating to OHNC qualifications, GPs and community health service staff in occupational health are not available centrally.