HC Deb 08 May 1996 vol 277 cc169-70W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage, pursuant to her answer of 29 April,Official Report, column 371, if she will list (a) the 31 historic buildings known to be in disrepair and at risk and (b) the 17 for which Departments have disposal proposals, indicating for each the Department involved. [27874]

Mr. Sproat

Details of the historic buildings on the Government estate which are known to be in disrepair and at risk are given in annexe 3 to the conservation unit's annual conservation report on the Government's historic estate 1994–95, published in March; copies are available in the Library. Some entries on this list cover more than one building.

Most of these buildings at risk are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence, who has informed my Department's conservation unit of disposal plans for at least 17 of them. Information about these and other historic buildings on the defence estate proposed for disposal are contained in the Defence Estate Organisation's annual report for 1994–95, "Defending our Heritage", copies of which are available in the Library.