§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his estimate of the annual cost to his Department, his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies of their empty and under-utilised properties for(a) 1979–80, (b) 1989–90, (c) 1991–92, (d) 1993–94, (e)1994–95, (f) 1995–96 and (g) 1996–97. [11460]
§ Mr. NorrisPrior to 1990, the civil estate was managed by the Property Service Agency. Its archived records can be accessed only at disproportionate cost.
The estimated annual cost of the vacant and under-utilised space on the Department of Transport's civil estate, excluding that for which the Department of the Environment's property holdings division is responsible, is:
Year Vacant space £ Under-utilised space £ 1991–92 1,200 15,000 1993–94 1,289,000 45,000 1994–95 2,037,900 45,000 1995–96 2,657,600 40,000 1996–97 3,674,300 1,185,200