HC Deb 15 June 1995 vol 261 cc641-2W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by location the nuclear bunkers that are still waiting to be disposed of; what is the estimated value of each bunker; and if he will list the money raised for each nuclear bunker that has been disposed of. [28264]

Mr. Nicholas Baker

Regional government headquarters still to be disposed of and their values, assessed by the appropriate district valuer's office, are as follows:

Assessed value £
Shipton, North Yorkshire 50,000 to 200,000
Bedford 270,000
Ashdown Forest, East Sussex 200,000
Soar, Devon 40,000
Chilmark, Wiltshire District valuer's report awaited
Bridgend, South Wales District valuer's report awaited

Sites at the following locations have been sold on the open market for the prices indicated:

£
Lincoln 57,000
Loughborough 150,000
Norwich 165,000
Brentwood, Essex 151,001
Wrexham, North Wales 42,000
Preston 110,010
Nantwich, Cheshire 151,000

A site in Staffordshire and a property in Basingstoke were returned to the Ministry of Defence and to Property Holdings respectively, at no cost. A property at Rugby has been auctioned by the Ministry of Defence for £250,584 and the sale of a property at Hexham, Northumbria, for £1,200,000 has been agreed but not yet completed.

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