§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the number and location of(a) dwellings and (b) vacant dwellings owned by his Department in (i) each district of Hampshire and (ii) Hampshire as a whole.
§ Mr. HanleyStatistics on Ministry of Defence dwellings are not maintained by local authority districts and such information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
As at 31 December 1993, the Ministry of Defence owned 8,288 dwellings in Hampshire, of which 1,051 were vacant, located as follows:
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Stock Vacant Aldershot 2,405 390 Bordon 673 77 Farnborough 104 9 Middle Wallop 509 61 Oakhanger 92 4 Odiham 581 11 Portsmouth area 3,446 386 Worthy Down 478 113 Many of the vacant properties were either undergoing or awaiting major maintenance work or already allocated to service families who were due to move in shortly.
In addition, 1,003 properties, of which 188 were vacant, were in the process of being sold.