HC Deb 18 March 1994 vol 239 cc868-9W
Mr. Enright

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what property, leased or owned by his Department, is not in current use.

Mr. Baldry

Property Holdings is responsible for the Government's reusable office estate—the common user estate. There are currently over 3,200 properties on the common user estate. Of these, 165 or 5 per cent. are not in current use. Some 128 are surplus to operational requirements and are either being actively marketed by external consultants or being prepared for disposal action; nine have been allocated for re-use; and six are held for redevelopment-refurbishment.

Decisions on the future of the remaining properties, which are ever changing, are under constant review in the context of normal portfolio management activity.