§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the properties and land owned
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Table A: Number of offenders aged 10 to under 18 cautioned for offences1 relating to prostitution by age and sex, 1992–1996 England and Wales Ages Offence description/year 10 11 12 13 14 m f m f m f m f m f Soliciting by a man [Sexual Offences Act 1956 532] 1992 — — — — — — — — 2 — 1993 — — — — — — — — 3 — 1994 — — — — — — — — 1 — 1995 — — — — — — — — — — 1996 — — — — — — — — — — Kerb-crawling [Sexual Offences Act 1985 S1] 1992 — — — — — — — — — — 1993 — — — — — — — — — — 1994 — — — — — — — — — — 1995 — — — — — — — — — — 1996 — — — — — — — — — — Persistent soliciting of women for the purpose of prostitution [Sexual Offences Act 1985 S2] 1992 — — — — — — — — — — 1993 — — — — — — — — — — 1994 — — — — — — — — — — 1995 — — — — — — — — — — 1996 — — — — — — — — — — by his Department which he has identified as surplus to requirements, giving in each case their estimated value. [30316]
§ Mr. Straw[holding answer 23 February 1998]: The requested information on non-residential surplus properties and land owned by my Department is in the table.
Records of the residential properties owned by the Home Office are not centralised and a list of those that are surplus could be made only at disproportionate cost. Progress in reducing the number of these is reported annually. The latest was on 20 November 1997, Official Report, column 303.
Priority Location Estimated value £ Branston Store Burton-on-Trent, 350,000 (part surplus) Derbyshire Steventon Store Steventon, Oxfordshire 3,250,000 Gringley Gringley-on-the-Hill, 345,000 Nottinghamshire Poltimore Broadclyst, Devon 150,000 Day's Lane Bedford, Bedfordshire 350,000 Crown Buildings Hope Cove. Devon 35,000