§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of houses owned by his Department in(a) Dundee and (b) Scotland; how many of these houses are currently empty; and how many of these houses which have been empty for (i) one to two years, (ii) two to three years and (iii) more than three years.
§ Mr. HanleyAs at 30 September 1993, MOD owned 63 married quarters in Dundee, of which 27 were vacant, and 6,504 married quarters in Scotland, of which 731 were vacant, as follows:
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Married quarters vacant Dundee Scotland Less than 1 year 6 596 Between 1-2 years 0 101 Over 2 years 21 34 Our statistics do not separately identify those properties which have been vacant for more than three years.
The majority of the vacant quaŕters were either undergoing or awaiting major maintenance work or modernisation, already allocated to service families who were due to move in shortly, or held for units returning from overseas. Following various studies, it has now been decided to sell a site in Dundee which contains 21 properties vacated because of structural problems.
MOD also owned 238 civilian houses throughout Scotland, of which 16 had been vacant for less then six months and 47 for over six months. Fifty-four of the vacant civilian houses were leased properties awaiting early return to Dumbarton district council.
In addition 80 vacant service married quarters and 29 vacant civilian houses were in the process of being sold.