HC Deb 28 October 1997 vol 299 c805W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is the value of the land owned by the British Railways Board. [12886]

Ms Glenda Jackson

The book value of the freehold properties held by the board at mid-October was £125 million.

Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what is the current acreage of land owned by the British Railways Board; [12885]

(2) how much of its land the British Railways Board disposed of in each of the last three years by (a) acreage and (b) value. [12887]

Ms Glenda Jackson

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave on 15 July 1997,Official Report, columns 130–31.