§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the independent advisers who have provided advice to his Department's proposed married quarters housing sell-off in the past six months. [35372]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotI have nothing to add to the reply my hon. Friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces gave the hon. Gentleman on 1 November 1995,Official Report, column 328.
§ Dr. ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 4 June,Official Report, column 343, what has been the total cost to date, inclusive of VAT, of the employment of consultants for his Department's married housing quarters sell-off. [35451]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotThe total cost to date of the employment of consultants since we began to develop the proposal to transfer the married quarters estate to the private sector announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence on 30 November 1995,Official Report, columns 810–11, amounts to some £4.4 million, inclusive of VAT. VAT for these costs is refunded to my Department; the VAT-exclusive cost to date is £3.8 million.
§ Dr. ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of married quarters in each English and Welsh county which are part of his Department's proposed housing sale. [35236]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotThe information is not available in the form requested, and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost. However, figures are available divided by Defence estate organisation land agent— DLA—regions, as follows.
465WDLA Aldershot: 11,116
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Mid and North Hampshire
- Part of Surrey
- West Kent
- Part of West Sussex
DLA Brecon: 2,080
- Dyfed
- Gwent
- Powys
- South, Mid and West Glamorgan
DLA Cambridge: 8,495
- Bedfordshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Essex
- Hertfordshire
- Norfolk
- Suffolk
DLA Canterbury: 1,724
- East Kent
- East Sussex
- Part of West Sussex
- Part of Surrey
DLA Catterick: 5,727
- Northumberland
- Tyne and Wear
- Durham
- Humberside
- North Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
- South Yorkshire
DLA Durrington: 8,791
- Wiltshire
- Dorset
- Avon
- Gloucestershire
DLA London: 4,410
- Greater London and immediate vicinity
DLA Nottingham: 3,748
- Derbyshire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Northamptonshire
DLA Plymouth: 4,490
- Cornwall
- Devon
- Isles of Scilly
- Somerset
DLA Portsmouth: 3,758
- South Hampshire
- Part of West Sussex
- Isle of Wight
DLA Shrewsbury: 4,032
- Cumbria
- Isle of Man
- Lancashire
466 - Greater Manchester
- Merseyside
- Cheshire
- Clwyd
- Gwynedd
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- West Midlands
- Warwickshire
- Hereford and Worcester
It should be noted that these figures relate to the estate for sale at the time when the information memorandum was published—23 February 1996. The size of the estate for sale remains subject to adjustment during the continuing management of the estate.