HC Deb 11 July 1995 vol 263 cc528-9W
Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those personnel who have left his Department in the last five years to join organisations subsequently involved in the purchase of surplus MoD property; and if he will make a statement. [32962]

Mr. Soames

The information requested is not available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the surplus land and buildings that have been on sale for over three years; if he will give the date when they were first proposed for sale; if he will give the current position over their disposal; and if he will make a statement. [32958]

Mr. Soames

Two sites, at RAF Northolt and Tern Hill in Shropshire, have been the subject of discussions on their sale to the highway authorities for more than three years. A number of other sites have not been sold, more than three years after being identified for disposal, for a variety of reasons such as the resolution of planning applications or the adoption of utilities services. These sites have not been on sale throughout that period.

Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 18 April,Official Report, column 225, if he will list those estate agents and other specialists known to him to have advised his Department on the disposal of surplus land and buildings. [32959]

Mr. Soames

I have nothing to add to the reply that I gave the hon. Member on 18 April,Official Report, column 225.

Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if a list of estate agents and other specialists called in to advise the Defence Land Agency on the disposal has now been compiled, as foreshadowed in his answer to the hon. Member for Romsey and Waterside, (Mr. Colvin) on 27 October 1993,Official Report, column 701. [32960]

Mr. Soames

The then Under-Secretary of State for Defence wrote to the hon. Member for Romsey and Waterside (Mr. Colvin) on 8 November 1993 and a copy of his letter was placed in the Library of the House.

Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many estate agents and other specialists called in to advise his Department on the sale of surplus property over the last five years have subsequently purchased MOD property themselves; if he will list the transactions; and if he will make a statement. [32961]

Mr. Soames

Records are not maintained in the form requested and the information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.