§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will give the size, name and location by county, in Wales of land,(a) owned and (b) leased by his Department which he intends to dispose of;
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(3) if he will give the size, location and name by county, in England of land (a) owned or (b) leased by his Department which he intends to dispose of.
§ Mr. HanleyMy noble Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Defence will write to the hon. Member.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the area, in hectares, in each county of England of land(a) owned or (b) leased by his Department.
§ Mr. HanleyLand owned—freehold—and leasedleasehold—including foreshore by the Ministry of Defence in each of the counties of England is set out in the tables:
(a) Freehold Landholdings Hectares Avon 165 Bedfordshire 1,315 Berkshire 1,911 Buckinghamshire 648 Cambridgeshire 2,793 Cheshire 407 Cleveland 48 Cornwall 2,724 Cumbria 8,025 Derbyshire 112 Devon 2,991 Dorset 4,928 Durham 168 East Sussex 256 Essex 15,927 Gloucestershire 1,487 Greater London 1,226 Greater Manchester 449 Hampshire 12,714 Hereford and Worcester 840 Hertfordshire 92 Humberside 1,047 Isle of Wight 5 Kent 5,528 Lancashire 627 Leicestershire 1,047 Lincolnshire 6,027 Merseyside 198 Norfolk 10,874 North Yorkshire 12,860 Northamptonshire 874 Northumberland 23,092 Nottinghamshire 848 Oxfordshire 3,630 Shropshire 1,795 Somerset 807 South Yorkshire 405 Staffordshire 1,177 Suffolk 3,438 Surrey 4,674 Tyne and Wear 10 Warwickshire 1,631 West Midlands 33 West Sussex 736 West Yorkshire 6 Wiltshire 41,336 TOTAL 181,931 907W
(b) Leasehold Landholdings Hectares Avon 26 Bedfordshire 1 Berkshire 13
Hectares Buckinghamshire 26 Cambridgeshire 1 Cheshire 41 Cleveland 1 Cornwall 142 Cumbria 3,786 Derbyshire Nil Devon 687 Dorset 452 Durham 209 East Sussex Nil Essex 595 Gloucestershire Nil Greater London 32 Greater Manchester 2 Hampshire 21 Hereford and Worcester 23 Hertfordshire 6 Humberside Nil Isle of Wight 1 Kent 215 Lancashire 6 Leicestershire 8 Lincolnshire 3,915 Merseyside Nil Norfolk 294 North Yorkshire 680 Northamptonshire 14 Northumberland 28 Nottinghamshire 648 Oxfordshire 24 Shropshire 1 Somerset 4 South Yorkshire Nil Staffordshire 361 Suffolk 19 Surrey 268 Tyne and Wear 4 Warwickshire Nil West Midlands Nil West Sussex Nil West Yorkshire Nil Wiltshire 52 TOTAL 12,606 Note:
Figures are at 1 April 1993—the latest date for which records are available—and relate to freehold and leasehold landholdings, including foreshore, for which deeds or lease agreements were held. Acquisitions or disposals which may have been completed but where deeds had not been transferred, or agreements not formally signed or determined by 1 April 1993 are not included.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the area in hectares in each region of Scotland of land(a) owned and (b) leased by his Department.
§ Mr. HanleyLand owned—freehold—and leasedleasehold—including foreshore by the Ministry of Defence in each of the regions of Scotland is set out in the table:
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(a)Freehold landholdings Hectares (b)Leasehold landholdings Hectares Borders Nil 1 Central 78 2 Dumfries and Galloway 4,746 5 Fife 1,322 7 Grampian 2,076 87 Highland 2,786 2,278 Lothian 1,155 Nil Strathclyde 5,581 144
(a)Freehold landholdings Hectares (b)Leasehold landholdings Hectares Tayside 1,444 9 Orkney Isles 4 Nil Shetland Isles 34 13 Western Isles 1,317 25 Total 20,543 2,571 Figures are at 1 April 1993—the latest date for which records are available—and relate to freehold and leasehold landholdings, including foreshore, for which deeds or lease agreements were held. Acquisitions or disposals which may have been completed but where deeds had not been transferred, or agreements not formally signed or determined by 1 April 1993 are not included.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the area in hectares of land in each county in Wales(a) owned and (b) leased by his Department.
§ Mr. HanleyLand owned—freehold—and leased—leasehold—including foreshore by the Ministry of Defence in each of the counties of Wales is set out in the tables:
Hectares Freehold landholdings Leasehold landholdings Clwyd 322 61 Dyfed 6,716 Nil Gwent 666 2 Mid Glamorgan 8 Nil Powys 12,059 Nil South Glamorgan 400 2 West Glamorgan 1 Nil Total 20,968 69 Figures are at 1 April 1993—the latest date for which records are available—and relate to freehold and leasehold landholdings, including foreshore for which deeds or lease agreements were held. Acquisitions or disposals which may have been completed but where deeds had not been transferred, or agreements not formally signed or determined by 1 April 1993 are not included.